Historical clue formulations

• Insect with a single ear found on its chest — 2024-12-25
• It may follow praying — 2023-08-18
• With 38-Across, underwater creature that's not actually a 38-Across (nor a 36-Across, for that matter) — 2022-02-09
• Winged prayer — 2014-07-05
• Cousin of a cockroach — 2008-10-11
• Praying figure — 2003-05-25
• Praying one — 1994-09-25