Historical clue formulations

• 12 letters? — 2026-08-09
• Top of the hour? — 2025-12-02
• Noon or midnight — 2025-04-23
• Hour at which to sing "Auld Lang Syne" — 2023-12-30
• Noon, on some clocks — 2023-12-19
• Spot on a sundial — 2021-12-30
• Top of a face — 2020-07-25
• Common clock topper — 2019-08-01
• Midnight, on a grandfather clock — 2019-07-30
• Number on a sundial — 2019-03-29
• 12 on a grandfather clock — 2019-03-25
• Constitutional Amendment about presidential election procedures — 2019-01-06
• Top part of a face — 2018-02-23
• Last pope named Pius — 2018-01-04
• 12, on a grandfather clock — 2016-10-31
• The witching hour — 2016-09-18
• 12 on a grandfather clock — 2015-09-21
• Numeral atop a face — 2015-07-01
• The last Pope Pius — 2015-03-19
• Topmost part of a face — 2015-02-08
• Face-topping figure — 2012-05-12
• Numeral at the top of grandfather clocks — 2011-10-03
• 12, on a sundial — 2011-04-11
• Top of many a timepiece — 2010-11-12
• Noon, on a sundial — 2009-09-29
• Duodecim — 2009-05-03
• Top figure on a clock — 2008-06-18
• Top of a clock — 2007-03-15
• Top of a clock dial — 2005-12-04
• Top of a dial — 2002-09-19
• It's atop a face — 2001-08-22
• Hour on a clock — 2001-07-18
• Midnight, on a grandfather's clock — 2001-06-11
• Witching hour — 2000-08-20
• It's at the top of a face — 1998-12-10
• Sundial letters — 1998-08-09
• Top of a clock dial — 1998-05-19
• I's predecessor, at times — 1996-02-25
• Top-of-the-watch number — 1995-10-15