Historical clue formulations

• ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition) — 2026-09-05
• Symbol of courage — 2026-06-12
• One whose pride can be protective — 2026-05-17
• Either bronze animal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago — 2026-02-24
• National symbol of England — 2025-10-03
• Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library — 2025-04-27
• Animal in the Premier League logo — 2025-04-06
• Member of the only N.F.C. team never to have made the Super Bowl — 2025-03-15
• Pride parade participant? — 2025-01-11
• Heraldic animal — 2024-11-14
• Animal on the flags of Spain, Montenegro and Sri Lanka — 2024-11-01
• Literary ___ — 2024-10-02
• Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war, takes the form of one — 2024-03-10
• Symbol of bravery — 2022-10-23
• The N.F.L. mascot Roary, for one — 2022-07-30
• One with a nose for gnus? — 2022-06-12
• Influential icon — 2021-11-18
• Cowardly ___ — 2021-09-08
• King of cubs — 2021-08-05
• Person of outstanding importance — 2021-05-20
• Columbia athlete — 2020-07-31
• King of the jungle — 2019-12-30
• One of two statues outside the New York Public Library — 2019-09-17
• Symbol of England — 2019-07-11
• Den denizen — 2019-04-30
• Rung #1 of an apt word ladder — 2019-03-06
• MGM symbol — 2019-02-26
• Meaning of "Simba" in Swahili — 2018-11-07
• Peugeot symbol — 2018-02-09
• Safari sighting — 2017-09-03
• Den denizen — 2017-06-11
• "The ___ King" — 2017-06-06
• 11-Down symbol — 2017-06-05
• Sphinx, in part — 2017-04-16
• *Great in number — 2014-07-20
• One sleeping "in the jungle, the mighty jungle," in song — 2014-07-02
• Royal Arms of England symbol — 2013-11-01
• Rear half of a griffin — 2013-10-01
• Front part of a chimera — 2013-07-07
• Highly revered one — 2013-02-01
• Coward in a 1939 film — 2012-07-10
• Beast fought by Heracles — 2012-05-19
• Symbol on Sri Lanka's flag — 2012-03-14
• Leo's symbol — 2012-03-12
• ___ of Judah — 2011-08-05
• "The Wizard of Oz" companion — 2011-05-12
• "The Wizard of Oz" coward — 2010-10-19
• *"In like a ___ ..." — 2010-03-02
• Louis VIII nickname, with "the" — 2009-12-17
• Viking foe? — 2009-12-17