- ALI
- Float like a butterfly boxer
- Actress and comedian Wong
- Laila ___ who played Panda on "The Masked Singer"
- Oscar-nominated role for Will Smith
- USWNT defender Krieger
- Rumble in the Jungle participant
- The Greatest
- Thrilla in Manila victor
- 1996 Olympic torch lighter
- Actress MacGraw
- Fatima's husband
- He "stung like a bee"
- Muslim name
- Ring legend
- Ring rhymester
- Rope-a-dope inventor
- Ryan's "Love Story" co-star
- Void
- __ Baba
- Arabian Nights figure, ___ Baba
- Rope-a-dope master
- When We Were Kings figure
- When We Were Kings subject
- Baba or MacGraw
- Clay, today
- MacGraw of movies
- Ms. MacGraw
- Poetic pugilist
- Rope-a-dope exponent
- When We Were Kings boxer
- Boxer known as "The Greatest"
- Ring great
- Will Smith film
- Will Smith role in 2001
- Won the "Thrilla in Manila"
- Spinks defeater, 1978
- Foreman's superior
- Comedian Wong who filmed her debut special while seven months pregnant
- Comedian Wong who starred in {/Always Be My Maybe/}
- Thrilla in Manila and Rumble in the Jungle participant
- Athlete who said, "A man who has no imagination has no wings"
- Tatyana of {/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/}
- Da ___ G Show
- Boxer who lit the Olympic torch in Atlanta
- Clay v. United States 1971 Supreme Court appellant
- Moonlight actor Mahershala
- Muhammad ___ Jr. (boxer's son and frequent airport detainee)
- TV personality Fedotowsky
- Boxing legend who went 1-3 in his last four bouts
- U.S. hurdler and Rio silver medalist Nia with a bright future in crosswords
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse actor Mahershala
- Boxer who refused the draft
- Coltrane drummer Rashied
- Comic Wong
- Figure who said "Don't count the days, make the days count"
- He played himself in the "Diff'rent Strokes" episode titled "Arnold's Hero"
- Louisville's Muhammad ___ International Airport
- Undefeated boxer Laila
- True Detective star Mahershala
- Boxer who changed his name from Clay
- Mahershala of "Moonlight"
- Comedian Wong
- Laila who was undefeated in the ring
- Noted conscientious objector Muhammad
- ___ Abdul (Player 199 in "Squid Game")
- 2001 biopic
- Larter of TV's Heroes
- Heroes star Larter
- Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong speaker
- Real Money With ___ Velshi (Al Jazeera America show)
- The Bachelorette bachelorette Fedotowsky
- A Tribe Called Quest's DJ ___ Shaheed Muhammad
- Activist Ayaan Hirsi ___
- Athlete who was friends with Malcolm X
- Baba who stole from 40 thieves
- Boxer known for conscientious objection
- Boxer who said "The man who has no imagination has no wings"
- Boxer who told Will Smith "you ain't pretty enough to play me"
- Christina Aguilera's "Burlesque" role
- Fighter with the career stat 56-5
- His record was 56-5
- Host of CNN's "Your $$$$$"___ Velshi
- Larter of the "Resident Evil" series
- Legend in the ring
- Lindsay Lohan's sister
- Lindsay Lohan's younger sister
- Model/actress Landry
- U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star Krieger
- UB40 singer Campbell
- UB40's lead singer Campbell
- US Women's soccer star Krieger
- Underground rapper Brother ___
- Yemen president ___ Abdullah Saleh
- Outspoken boxer
- Moonlight Oscar-nominee Mahershala
- Boxer who said "don't count the days, make the days count"
- Boxer/conscientious objector
- His pallbearers included Will Smith and Mike Tyson
- The Louisville Lip, for a while
- Rah ___ (Nicki Minaj BFF)
- Stand-up comic Wong
- Phantom punch thrower
- Stand-up comic Macofsky
- TV actress Wentworth
- WWE star Mustafa ___
- Comedian Hassan
- The IHOP Papers author Liebegott
- Cricket star Moeen ___
- Baba
- Heavyweight great
- Son-in-law of Muhammad
- Baba, for one
- Caliph's middle name?
- Hollywood's MacGraw
- Ring master?
- Storied Baba
- Champ who rhymed
- Former ring king
- Islam's fourth caliph
- Biopic of 2001
- Clay with a new name
- Will Smith biopic
- The Greatest boxer
- Clay, since 1963
- Hogan's "American Gladiators" co-host
- Muhammad or Laila
- Boxing legend
- Larter of "Heroes"
- Muslim caliph
- Biopic with Will Smith
- Boxing biopic
- Frazier fighter
- Will Smith role
- The Louisville Lip
- Cosell interviewee
- Cosell sparring partner
- Frazier foe
- Husband of Fatima
- Larter or Landry
- Will Smith title role
- Aladdin prince
- Clay, these days
- MacGraw of Love Story
- MacGraw on film
- Boxer Smith played
- ___ Baba
- Krieger of the U.S. women's national soccer team
- Mehmet _____ Agca, attempted assassin whom Pope John Paul II forgave for trying to kill him
- Clay, nowadays
- Mr. Baba
- When We Were Kings athlete
- 1996 Olympic torchbearer
- 2001 Michael Mann film
- 2005 Medal of Freedom recipient
- Liaquat ___ Khan (Pakistan's first prime minister)
- Muhammad's true successor, according to Shiites
- Caliph called "the Lion of God"
- Michael Mann movie
- 2001 Will Smith biopic
- Clay, after being altered
- Arabian Nights character ___ Baba
- Son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad
- 2001 biopic starring Will Smith
- Laila of the ring
- 2001 biopic directed by Michael Mann
- Early follower of Muhammad
- 1975 opponent of Frazier
- CNN correspondent Velshi
- His name was once Cassius X
- Inventor of the rope-a-dope
- There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people speaker
- ___ Shar ("One Thousand and One Nights" character)
- Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth speaker
- The Soul of a Butterfly memoirist
- Famous threatener of Cosell's toupee
- It's not bragging if you can back it up speaker
- Prince in Disney's "Aladdin"
- 2001 sports biopic
- Biopic starring Will Smith
- Boxing's "Louisville Lip"
- Clay, after a conversion
- Manila victor of 1975
- _____ Rap (2006 ESPN documentary)
- First male to convert to Islam after Muhammad, to some
- Pioneer of hip-hop, many say
- Whom Bill Clinton eulogized as a "universal soldier for our common humanity"
- House of Cards actor Mahershala _____
- I'll never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself speaker
- _____, bomaye! (chant at a 1974 sporting event)
- 1997 Arthur Ashe Courage Award recipient
- Notable attendee of Joe Frazier's 2011 funeral
- I'm so mean I make medicine sick speaker
- Special guest referee at Wrestlemania I
- Noted victor in a 1974 Zaire battle
- I'm so great I don't have a mark on my face speaker
- He once said that he "handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail"
- About Will Smith, he said, "I even thought he was me"
- LL Cool J name-checked him in "Mama Said Knock You Out"
- One who famously compared himself to two insects
- He dethroned Foreman
- He floated like a butterfly
- He floored Foreman in Zaire
- Son-in-law of Mohammed
- Three-time heavyweight boxing champ
- Rope-a-dope boxer
- Sting like a bee boxer
- ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves
- 1974 comeback fighter
- Atlanta Olympic flame lighter
- Clay, after the name change
- Eloquent boxer
- Former heavyweight champ
- Iranian president Rafsanjani
- Muhammad in the ring
- One of the Babas
- Rhyming boxing champ
- Arabian Nights name
- Thrilla in Manila winner
- Fatima's spouse
- He thrilled 'em in Manila
- MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus"
- Ring king with a sting
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air actress Tatyana
- Baba beginning
- Clay, after a name change
- He whipped Foreman in '74
- Retired boxing icon
- Rope-a-dope pugilist
- 1996 Olympic cauldron lighter
- Bard of boxing
- He lit the 1996 Olympics flame
- He was thrice the champ
- Self-proclaimed "greatest"
- Son-in-law of Mohammad
- Spinks opponent of 1978
- When We Were Kings profilee
- 2001 Will Smith movie
- 2001 movie bio
- Boxer whose daughter is also a boxer
- Boxer whose name is hidden in eight answers
- Boxer with a "sting like a bee"
- Fabled woodcutter ___ Baba
- Foreman's 1974 superior
- Forty Thieves foe
- His last match was against Berbick
- Scheherazade protagonist
- Boxer Laila
- Clay, now
- Prince of "Aladdin"
- Remodeled Clay?
- Title role for Will Smith
- Winner of the "Thrilla in Manila"
- Lighter of the 1996 Olympic torch
- Smith portrayal of 2001
- He had a "sting like a bee"
- He won the "Thrilla in Manila"
- Ring king
- Thrilla in Manila boxer
- When We Were Kings king
- 2001 film about a boxer
- Biopic that starred Will Smith
- Boxer from Louisville
- Boxer known as the "Louisville Lip"
- Boxer known for rhymes
- Clay, since 1964
- First name in Scheherazade's tales
- He used to "sting like a bee"
- Holmes was his last opponent
- International Boxing Hall of Fame charter member
- Ring king born Cassius Clay
- Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky
- Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" foe
- Open, sesame! sayer
- Rumble in the Jungle boxer
- Sting like a bee athlete
- Laila in the ring
- Will Smith biopic of 2001
- Will Smith title role of 2001
- Actress Larter of "Heroes"
- Frazier foe, once
- Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5
- Ring leader, once
- Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Century"
- Will Smith portrayal
- Boxer who carried a torch at the 1996 Olympics
- Boxing family name
- Champ from Louisville
- Former champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century
- Thief thwarter Baba
- The Greatest subject
- The Greatest: My Own Story author
- The Mouth That Roared
- Big name in pugilism
- Boxer called "The Greatest"
- Clay, after 1964
- Famed fighter in the ring
- Longtime Frazier foe
- Pro who packed a punch
- Pugilist Laila
- ___ G (HBO character)
- Fight of the Century participant
- The Rumble in the Jungle boxer
- Thrilla in Manila participant
- 2001 Will Smith role
- Clay's chosen name
- He licked Liston
- Three-time Frazier foe
- Prince ___ ("Aladdin" song)
- ___, boom-ba-yay (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
- Biopic role for Will Smith
- Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"
- Boxer who boasted "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize"
- Boxer who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Games as Cassius Clay
- First fighter to KO Liston
- Former CNN business anchor Velshi
- Former pugilist Laila
- Laila who won her first prizefight in 31 seconds
- Quarry beater in 1970
- Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year
- Arabic name that means "exalted"
- Boxer portrayed in a 2001 biopic
- Boxing name of fame
- Former boxer Laila
- Frequent Cosell interviewee
- MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Love Story"
- Rumble in the Jungle winner
- Sportsman of the Century, per Sports Illustrated in 1999
- ___ Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran)
- I Am ___ (2014 documentary about a famous boxer)
- It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am speaker
- The Trials of Muhammad ___ (2013 documentary)
- Thrilla in Manila combatant
- Actress Tatyana
- Athlete who was the subject of a 2001 biopic
- Clay transformation?
- Foreman foe
- Foreman's "Rumble in the Jungle" foe
- He perfected the rope-a-dope
- He was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
- Poetic boxer
- He messed up Foreman's grill
- <<NO CLUE>>
- Boxer Muhammad
- Pugilistic legend
- Actress Larter
- Lindsay's little sis
- Smith part
- Fetch Clay, Make Man character
- How To Be Both author Smith
- 13-Across's role in "The Greatest"
- He was originally named for Henry Clay's second cousin
- Larter of "Legends"
- Tatyana of "Second Generation Wayans"
- Boxer who asked "How come the white cake can't be the devil food cake?"
- Defeater of Frazier-Lyde in 2001
- He reportedly injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, murdered a rock, and made medicine sick
- Speaker of the quote "Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me"
- Boxer who recorded an album about fighting tooth decay
- Mahershala in "House of Cards"
- Baby Cobra comedian Wong
- Mahershala in movies
- Frazier's ring rival
- The Champ
- Baba of fable
- Baba of story
- Bee-butterfly man
- Boxing's "greatest"
- Clay, later
- Floater and stinger
- Foe of Frazier
- Open Sesame speaker
- Actress MacGraw^AL
- Boxing's big name
- Dethroner of Liston, 1964
- Louisville slugger?
- Muhammad
- Outspoken fighter
- She played Jenny in "Love Story"
- Three-time heavy weight champ
- Acrtress MacGraw
- Boxing bigwig
- His won-lost record was 55-5
- He knocked out Foreman on 10/29/74
- Thrilla in Manilla boxer
- 40-Across participant, often
- Ring leader?
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee boxer
- The greatest, in his prime
- Boxing immortal
- Cocky boxer
- He worked on canvases
- The Greatest in the ring
- Film in which Jon Voight played Howard Cosell
- Star in the ring
- Laila of boxing
- Laila of pugilism
- Old ring leader?
- Baba not au rhum?
- Rhyming boxer
- Sacha Baron Cohen persona __ G
- Talkative fighter
- Thriller in Manila
- Aladdin hero
- Rumble in the Jungle name
- Baba with magic words
- Boxer played by Smith
- Frazier rival
- He was the first to beat Foreman
- Louisville's __ Center, cultural attraction
- Baba of fiction
- Muhammad with gloves
- I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong speaker
- __ Baba Bunny: classic Bugs cartoon
- Baba who stole from thieves
- Model Landry
- Ring icon
- Self-proclaimed "Greatest" boxer
- Three-time '60s-'70s heavyweight champ
- If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize boaster
- Baba who tangled with thieves
- Ex-boxer Laila
- Fighter who was a dove
- Rhyming fighter
- See 109-Down
- With 1-Down, discoverer of cave treasure
- American Gladiators co-host Laila
- Rumble in the Jungle champ
- Baba of folklore
- Baba the woodcutter
- Baba with an ax
- Fighter formerly known as Clay
- Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999
- Thrilla in Manila fighter
- Woodcutter Baba
- 2001 boxing biopic
- Baba who outwitted thieves
- Boxer played by Will Smith
- Frazier's Fight of the Century foe
- One-time ring king
- Poetic fighter
- Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da __ G Show"
- Fight of the Century contender
- Baba or a boxer
- Rumble in the Jungle fighter
- Big ring name
- Legendary fighter
- Prince __: "Aladdin" song
- Late, great boxer
- With 10-Across, "Open sesame" sayer
- Boxer with feats of Clay?
- Fighter eulogized by Bill Clinton, among others
- Liston opponent
- Memorable fighter
- Quotable boxer
- Hidden Figures actor Mahershala __
- Moonlight Oscar winner Mahershala __
- Actor Mahershala of Netflix's "Luke Cage"
- Foreman rival
- Memorable boxer
- Muhammad in a ring
- See 83-Across
- Green Book Oscar winner Mahershala __
- Moonlight Oscar winner Mahershala
- True Detective star Mahershala __
- 3-Down pugilist
- Baba among thieves
- Baba in a cave
- Boxer who beat Frazier twice
- Boxer who proclaimed, "I am the greatest!"
- Lord of the ring?
- Mahershala of "True Detective"
- Muhammad's son-in-law
- Baby Cobra stand-up comedian Wong
- Green Book Oscar winner Mahershala
- The Rookie actress Larter
- Actor Mahershala
- Big name in Islam
- Dethroner of Foreman
- Former boxer Laila who wrote "Food for Life"
- Journalist Velshi of MSNBC
- Oscar winner Mahershala
- Baby Cobra comic Wong
- MSNBC co-anchor __ Velshi
- Oscar winner Mahershala __
- Ring star
- Whom Clay became
- Wong of "American Housewife"
- __ Ewoldt, first Asian-American to play Christine in Broadway's "Phantom"
- ... butterfly ... bee boxer
- Always Be My Maybe actress/writer Wong
- I'm so mean, I make medicine sick boxer
- Oklahoma! Tony winner Stroker
- Paper Girls actress Wong
- Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
- Clay became him
- Clay, beginning in 1964
- Larter of "Resident Evil" films
- Mahershala of "Green Book"
- Mahershala of "House of Cards"
- See 47-Across
- Velshi of MSNBC
- Beef actress Wong
- Frazier opponent
- Soccer star Krieger
- Wong of "Always Be My Maybe"
- Beef Emmy winner Wong
- Leave the World Behind actor Mahershala
- The Greatest memoirist
- 2001 film depicting the Rumble in the Jungle
- Arab name that means "high"
- Boxer who said, "The will must be stronger than the skill"
- Important figure in Shia Islam
- Lord of the rings?
- MSNBC's Velshi
- Mahershala who was the first Muslim performer to win an Oscar
- Mahershala with two Oscars
- Wong of "Beef"
- Wong of "Birds of Prey"
- Liston beater in '65
- Will Smith movie
- Will Smith role of 2001
- '70s boxing champ
- 1996 Olympics flame lighter
- First boxer in the US Olympics Hall of Fame
- Mideast honorific
- Ring retiree of '79
- Ring rhymer
- Aladdin character
- Rope-a-dope practitioner
- Aladdin role
- Foreman opponent, once
- Jenny in "Love Story"
- MacGraw or Baba
- Ryan's "Love Story" partner
- Prince __ ("Aladdin" tune)
- Sports Illustrated's Athlete of the Century
- Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
- Boxing great
- Liston beater
- Mideast prename
- Ring name
- She was Jenny Cavilleri
- Spinks defeater
- Joe Frazier rival
- Three-time boxing champ
- Scheherazade hero
- 2001 role for Will Smith
- Recent Will Smith role
- Ryan costar of '69
- Smith role
- Thrilla in Manila name
- Foreman beater
- Name meaning "the highest"
- Rumble in the Jungle victor
- Boxer with 37 KOs
- Moslem prename
- Muhammad __
- Thrilla in Manila principal
- Foreman adversary
- Frazier defeater
- George Foreman adversary
- He fought Foreman
- Aladdin protagonist
- '60s heavyweight champ
- Arabic for "the highest"
- Arabic prename
- Boxing Hall of Famer
- Joe Frazier foe
- Will Smith film of 2001
- Will Smith film role
- Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta
- Ring master of yore
- His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see speaker
- I beat people up sayer (1977)
- 1,001 Nights honorific
- BBC's Sports Personality of the Century
- Common Arabic prename
- Medal of Freedom athlete (2005)
- Oscar-nominated role for Smith
- Prince in "Aladdin"
- Real-life Superman opponent in a '78 comic book
- Will Smith Oscar-nominated role
- 2001 Will Smith title role
- Foreman opponent
- Liston defeater
- __ Center (Louisville museum)
- 37-time "Sports Illustrated" cover figure
- Focus of a Louisville museum
- Foreman beater in '74
- Poet in the ring
- SI's Athlete of the Century
- Smith title role
- American Gladiators cohost
- Foreman's foe in Zaire
- Joe Frazier's ring rival
- Pugilist from Louisville
- Pugilistic poet
- Rhymer in the ring
- __ Baba ("Arabian Nights" hero)
- '70s heavyweight champ
- Boxer with a Louisville museum
- Focus of a Louisville cultural center
- __ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character)
- The Soul of a Butterfly autobiographer
- __ Baba and the Forty Thieves
- Baba of "Arabian Nights"
- Common Arab given name
- Memorable press-conference rhymer
- Will Smith biopic role
- Boxing great Muhammad __
- Float like a butterfly guy
- Quipster who "handcuffed lightning"
- Smith biopic role
- Arabian Nights prename
- '70s ring king
- Boxer Muhammad __
- Boxer said to "sting"
- Foe of Frazier and Foreman
- Former foe of Frazier and Foreman
- Subject of the kids' book "Twelve Rounds to Glory"
- __ Baba and the 40 Thieves
- Exalted, in Islam
- LeRoy Neiman subject
- Name meaning "high"
- Subject of Mailer's "The Fight"
- I beat people up boxer
- Soul of a Butterfly autobiographer
- Baba of the Arabian Nights
- Common Arab prename
- Three-time ring king
- __ Baba (40 thieves' adversary)
- __ Baba (forty thieves adversary)
- I got no quarrel with them Vietcong speaker
- 1,001 Nights name
- Arabian Nights guy __ Baba
- Biopic with Malcolm X and Dr. King
- Common Muslim name
- Forty thieves opponent __ Baba
- He said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" (1974)
- Louisville's Muhammad __ Boulevard
- Louisville's Muhammad __ Center
- Self-styled stinger
- Socker played by Smith
- Two-Oscar actor of the 2010s
- Will Smith boxer role
- Moonlight Oscar winner
- The greatest, per himself
- Arabian Nights' __ Baba
- Fighter who created the "Me? / Whee!" poem (1975)
- First Muslim with an acting Oscar (2017)
- Ring great Muhammad
- With 1 Down, "Open sesame" sayer
- I'm the fastest thing on two feet speaker
- 40-time "Sports Illustrated" cover subject (1963-2016)
- Boxing great Muhammad ___
- Icon known for bouts and boasts
- Poet "so mean, I make medicine sick"
- Poetic boxing great
- Two-Oscar actor Mahershala
- With 91 Across, legendary woodcutter
- __ Baba (Arabian Nights guy)
- He used to have seconds
- Patterson conquerer
- Torch lighter at the 1996 Olympics
- 2001 film featuring Jon Voight as Howard Cosell
- Bard of the ring
- Dundee trained him
- Loser of "The Fight of the Century," March 8, 1971
- Role for Smith in 2001
- Timbuktu conquerer Sonni ___
- I am the greatest speaker
- '80s Giants kicker Haji-Sheikh
- 1974 winner of the Hickok Belt for top professional athlete of the year
- Boxer who lost "The Drama in the Bahamas" in 1981
- Boxer whose record was 56-5 with 37 KOs
- Film featuring Mykelti Williamson as Don King
- HBO's "Da ___ G Show"
- Subject of David Remnick's 1998 biography "King of the World"
- Subject of the 75-pound book "GOAT"
- My toughest fight was with my first wife speaker
- When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble speaker
- ___ Baba Goes to Town (1937 Eddie Cantor film)
- 2001 film directed by Michael Mann
- Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s
- He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame
- He's pictured on the cover of the book "Ghosts of Manila"
- Million-dollar Baba?
- She played Jennifer in "Love Story"
- Subject of the book "Sting Like a Bee"
- U.N. Messenger of Peace appointee in 1998
- 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Ben ___ (1886 Kentucky Derby winner)
- CNN business anchor Velshi
- Cover subject of the April 1968 issue of Esquire
- He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated cover appearances
- Kristofferson's costar in the TV movie "Freedom Road"
- Louisville's ___ Center
- Pugilist Muhammad
- Subject matter, with Cosell, of the book "Sound and Fury"
- Subject of the book "Loser and Still Champion"
- Three-time opponent of Frazier
- ___ by Adidas (line of sports apparel)
- I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on boaster
- 1977 Warhol subject
- 1996 Miss USA winner Landry
- 2001 film featuring Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X
- Eponym of a Parkinson research center in Phoenix
- Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" opponent
- He knocked out Liston in the first round on May 25, 1965
- See 30-Down
- She finished third behind Ohno and Fatone on "Dancing With the Stars"
- The ___ shuffle
- Turkish military governor ___ Pasha
- Two-time Quarry opponent
- X contemporary
- Bush's nickname for senator Barbara Boxer
- Foreman fighter
- Frequent LeRoy Neiman subject
- Norton contemporary
- Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari
- Rap duo ___ & Gipp
- Singer/actress Lohan
- Slugger from Louisville
- Actor Mahershalalhashbaz ___ of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
- The Lion of God. (602?–661).
- Eastern name.
- Fourth caliph.
- Mohammed's adopted son.
- Oriental name.
- Outwitter of forty thieves.
- Stepbrother of Fatima.
- The Fourth Caliph.
- Arabian caliph, died 661.
- Foster-brother of Fatima.
- Mohammed's son-in-law.
- Stepbrother if Fatima.
- ___ Rajpur, native State of India.
- Fourth Arabian Caliph.
- The Lion of Janina.
- The fourth caliph (600–63).
- ___ Rajpur, Indian state.
- Mahomet's son-in-law.
- ___ Bey.
- Asaf ___, India's Ambassador to U. S.
- Character in "Arabian Nights."
- ___ Pasha.
- Errol Flynn's role in "Kim."
- He said "Sesame."
- Liaquat ___ Khan.
- Arabian name.
- Indian name.
- Liaquat ___ Khan of Pakistan.
- Mahbub in "Kim."
- Mohammedan name.
- Pakistan's Liaquat ___ Khan.
- ___ Razmara, late of Iran.
- Cassim Baba's brother.
- The late Liaquat ___.
- ___ Razmara.
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- Brother of Cassim.
- Catcher of forty thieves.
- Character in "Kim."
- Common Arabic name.
- Islamic name.
- Mohammed ___ of Pakistan.
- Mohammed ___, Pakistan Premier.
- Kim character.
- Arab name.
- Arabian Nights character.
- Mirza Baba.
- Moslem name.
- Caliph's name.
- Foiler of forty thieves.
- Arabic name.
- Common Moslem name.
- Mohammed ___ Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
- Mohammed ___.
- Sesame user.
- Sicilian cape.
- Asian name.
- Cousin of Mahomet.
- Mehemet ___.
- Oriental cognomen.
- Son-in-law of Mahomet.
- Cousin of Mohammed.
- Character in "Lawrence of Arabia."
- Mohammed ___ Jinnah.
- Morgiana's master.
- Muhammed ___.
- Name in 39 Across.
- Levantine name.
- Muhammad ___
- Oriental hero.
- Pasha's name
- Shiite caliph
- Arab caliph.
- Name for Clay
- Caliph
- Name in boxing
- Boxing name
- Ex-heavyweight champ
- Loser to Frazier
- MacGraw
- Muhammad of ring
- Objective
- Cassius Clay
- Cassius, today
- Heavyweight name
- Lion of God
- Miss MacGraw
- Pasha
- Baba or Pasha
- Clay's new name
- Ring champ
- Fight-game name
- Open sesame lad
- Much-traveled fighter
- Potent pugilist
- With 44 Down, Albanian mountaineer's hero
- Loser to Spinks
- Possibly the world's most famous man
- Ring king before Spinks
- Winner in Mailer's "The Fight"
- Former champ
- Hero of a Sheed book
- Liston's conqueror
- Pasha or Baba
- Three-time champ
- A Baba
- Loser to Holmes
- Ryan's girl in "Love Story"
- Shiites' saint
- Arena attraction for decades
- He won in Zaire: 1974
- Holmes called him "The Oldest"
- Boxer from Clay Center?
- Deposed ring king
- Erstwhile ring master
- Foiler of 40 felons
- Former ring master
- His ring cycle has ended
- Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law
- Ring master, once
- World-famous athlete
- A predecessor of Holmes
- Ex-ring master
- Fourth caliph of Islam
- He won the Manila thriller
- Clay, presently
- Winner at Madison Square Garden: Sept. 1977
- World-famous retiree
- A.k.a. The Greatest
- Bandleader Bardu ___
- Quarry's quarry: 1970
- Sheed subject
- Spinks was once his jinx
- Subject of a Sheed book
- ___ Pasha, The Lion of Janina
- Fath ___, Shah of Persia: 1797–1835
- Fath ___, former Shah of Persia
- Foreman's opponent in Zaire
- Winner over Foreman in Zaire
- Foreman floorer in 1974
- Former ring star
- He was a thriller in Manila
- Recliner
- Victor in Zaire: 1974
- Wilfred Sheed subject
- Caliph or pugilist
- Famed ex-boxer
- Famed ring name
- Retired ring master
- Manila thriller winner: 1975
- Famed boxer
- Former boxing champ
- Former boxing champion
- MacGraw of films
- The Greatest, once
- Fath ___, former Shah
- The Lion of God
- Fighter of the Century
- He once had feet of Clay
- Receiver of "Fighter of the Century" award
- Sting like a bee champion
- Benazir's father
- Champion crowned 10/30/74
- Comeback victor of 1974
- Heavyweight poet
- Winner in Zaire, 10/30/74
- Prince _____ ("Aladdin" song)
- 109 + 77
- N.F.L. kicker ____ Haji-Sheikh
- Poetic boxing champ
- She was Jenny in "Love Story"
- Star of "The Greatest"
- True successor to the prophet, in Shiism
- Woodcutter in a children's story
- One called "The Lion of God"
- Onetime butterfly-bee analogist
- Richard's "Goodbye, Columbus" co-star
- 1,001 Arabian Nights hero
- Baritone in Rabaud's "Marouf"
- Champ of 10/30/74
- Champion of 10/30/74
- He KO'd Quarry, 10/26/70
- Loser to Norton, 1973
- Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary
- The People's Champ
- Mârouf baritone
- The Martyrdom of ___ (classic Muslim work)
- He K.O.'d Foreman 10/30/74
- The self-proclaimed "Greatest"
- Winner of 10/30/74
- 7th-century Arab caliph
- He KO'd Foreman
- Successor to the Prophet, in Islam
- The Martyrdom of ___ (Muslim classic)
- Noted 1964 convert to Islam
- Pop singer Tatyana
- Role in Rabaud's "Mârouf"
- ___ Hakim ("Oklahoma!" character)
- Boxer Laila ___
- Clay, after transformation
- Clay, eventually
- Comeback maker of 10/30/74
- Foreman KO'er
- Former ring leader
- Longtime ring champ
- Pugilist poet
- Actress/singer Tatyana ___
- Berbick beat him in 1981
- Boxing legend Muhammad
- Champ who could "sting like a bee"
- His won-lost record was 56-5
- Noted knocker-outer
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air co-star Tatyana ___
- Foreman KO'er, 1974
- Iraq's Imam ___ Mosque
- Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly"
- ___ Baba and the 40 Thieves
- A caliph of Islam
- Boxing great Muhammad
- He put people on the ropes
- Poetry-spouting pugilist
- Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
- Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
- Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
- Cousin of Muhammad
- He KO'd Foreman in '74
- He could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
- Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei
- Lord of the ring, once
- Louisville museum subject
- MacGraw of "The Getaway"
- Others, in Latin
- Quarry quasher of 1970
- Seventh-century Arab caliph
- With 14-Across, a famous "cave man"
- He said "Champions aren't made in gyms"
- Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
- Oscar-nominated Will Smith role
- Three-time Frazier opponent
- Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader
- Infidel author Ayaan Hirsi ___
- Figure in the Sunni/Shia split
- First Shia imam
- He came out of retirement in 1980
- Kentucky's Athlete of the Century
- Laila who dances in and out of the ring
- Will Smith biopic, 2001
- Heroes actress Larter
- Clay, after a while
- Clay, by another name
- Noted ring leader
- Onetime ring master
- The Fight of the Century fighter
- Title role about a titleholder
- 1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist
- Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei
- Noted convert to Islam in 1964
- Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G
- World champion of 1964-67, 1974-78 and 1978-79
- Big name in flooring?
- Fassbinder film "___: Fear Eats the Soul"
- Fighter with a shuffle
- Lighter of the Olympic flame in Atlanta
- Louisville sports icon
- Muhammad ___, opponent of 53-Down
- Muslim convert in 1964 news
- Subject of the biography "King of the World"
- Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across
- Clay, transformed
- HBO's ___ G
- Heavyweight champ after Liston
- Induction-refusing boxing champ
- KO connection maker
- Noted Cosell interviewee
- Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh
- ___ Shuffle (boxing move)
- Lawrence of Arabia role
- Alcindor : Abdul-Jabbar :: Clay : ___
- Clay, after a transformation?
- Fourth caliph in Sunni Islam
- Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center
- Onetime giant in decking
- Spinks's opponent in two title fights
- Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites
- 1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
- Boxer who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee
- Iran's ___ Khamenei
- Noted press conference rhymer
- Subject of the 1998 biography "King of the World"
- Who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
- Arabic name meaning "high"
- Athlete with the autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
- Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic
- He proclaimed "I shook up the world"
- Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base
- Opponent of 14-Down, in sports
- Ring king, once
- Spinks foe
- The People's Champion
- ___ G (Sacha Baron Cohen persona)
- Ayaan Hirsi ___, author of "Infidel"
- Figure in a Sunni/Shia dispute
- Gold medalist of 1960, under a previous name
- Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site)
- Noted American follower of 20-Across
- Three-time foe for Frazier
- Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
- Winning party in Clay v. United States
- Fight of the Century loser
- Late boxing great
- Late, great boxing champ
- Loser of the Drama in Bahama
- Muhammad's successor, to Shiites
- So-called "Commander of the Faithful"
- Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky.
- Who said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
- With 27-Down, foe of the Forty Thieves
- Moonlight star Mahershala
- He said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
- Mahershala ___, Best Supporting Actor for 17-Across
- Mahershala ___, Oscar winner for "Moonlight"
- Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da ___ G Show"
- Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"
- Moonlight actor
- 2016 Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala
- Ayaan Hirsi ___, Somali-born advocate for women's rights and religious freedom
- He said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
- Mahershala ___, co-star of 2018's "Green Book"
- See 18-Across
- Who said "Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up"
- Women's soccer star Krieger
- ___ G, Sacha Baron Cohen character
- Aladdin alter ego
- Green Book co-star Mahershala
- Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
- Cable news host Velshi
- Clay, after conversion
- Funny Wong
- Ring figure
- Sports star who once declared "I am America"
- Subject of the 2004 autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
- Who once boasted "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!"
- World champion athlete under two different names
- Academy Award winner for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
- Hometown hero of Louisville, Ky.
- Krieger of the U.S. women's soccer team
- Muslim-American icon
- Oscar-winning actor for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
- Subject of a Louisville museum
- Wong of stand-up comedy
- [boxing glove] [butterfly] [bee]
- ___ Baba, crier of "Open sesame!"
- Always Be My Maybe actress Wong
- Heavyweight champ known as "The Greatest"
- Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World"
- Woman's nickname that drops "-son"
- ___ Krieger, U.S. women's soccer star
- Boxing family surname
- Tony-winning actress Stroker
- He died the most beloved person on the planet, per Ken Burns
- 23-Across, in boxing
- Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
- Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom"
- Nickname that drops "son"
- Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)
- Stand-up comedian Wong
- Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring
- Actress Wong
- Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon
- Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums
- Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue
- Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
- See 50-Across
- ___ Stroker, Tony-winning actress for 2019's "Oklahoma!"
- Frazier downer
- With 1-Down, "open, sesame" utterer
- The prophet Muhammed's cousin
- 2001 Smith biopic
- Dundee's protege in the ring
- Campbell of UB40
- Mohammed _____ Jinnah
- Former Frazier foe
- With 7-Down, 'Open, sesame!' sayer
- Mohammed -- Jinnah
- Boxer Clay, renamed
- Old ring king
- Ring king Muhammad
- Ring legend Muhammad
- With 6-Across, 'Open, sesame!' utterer
- Old ring king Muhammad
- Old foe of Frazier
- 1970s foe of Frazier
- Frazier's longtime foe
- Liston fighter
- Old Frazier foe
- He KO'd many men
- Former boxing king
- Soundtrack for Will Smith boxing movie
- South Korean singer of "Let Me Say First"
- The Story So Far song about a famous boxer?
- The Story So Far song about the Greatest?
- Actor Mahershala of 46-Across
- Monáe's "Moonlight" co-star
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champ Krieger
- Boxer Laila who retired undefeated
- Foreman's former foe
- Mahershala of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
- U.S. soccer star Krieger
- He wouldn't go to Vietnam
- Name in 1974 headlines from Zaire
- The first caliph, to Shiites
- Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Century
- 1971 Frazier foe
- British comic ___ G.
- Oscar-nominated film of 2001
- Oscar-nominated role of 2001
- First imam, to Shiites
- Turkish name
- Induction refuser of 1967
- Laila of women's pro boxing
- Rodriguez, the president of 8-Across
- Always Be My Maybe star Wong
- True Detective actor Mahershala
- Movie star Mahershala
- Wong of standup
- Athlete depicted fighting Superman on a 1978 comic-book cover
- Athlete who said, "I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked"
- Mortensen's "Green Book" co-star
- Beef star Wong
- Athlete in the documentary "When We Were Kings"
- Best Supporting Actor winner for "Moonlight"
- Boxer who lit the 1996 Olympic cauldron in Atlanta
- Boxer who said, "I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick"
- Novelist Smith who wrote "Autumn," "Winter," "Spring," and "Summer"
- Oscar winner for "Moonlight"
- Tony Award winner Stroker
- Foreman battler
- He beat Sonny
- He was Clay before converting
- He was upset by Spinks
- Modern day Clay
- Muhammad follower
- Poet of 65 Across
- I am the greatest claimant
- The Greatest via self-proclamation
- 1996 Olympic hero
- Athlete of the century in some polls
- Clay no more
- Some say he really is the greatest
- The greatest pugilist, he says
- Clay, once
- Cosell's longtime foil
- Great heavyweight
- Laila, the boxer
- 1960 gold-medal boxer
- Biopic subject
- First three-time heavyweight champ
- Role for Will Smith
- Smith/Voight film
- Swan Song star Mahershala
- Ben and Virginia ___, founders of Ben's Chili Bowl
- Broadway actress Stroker
- Guyanese president Irfaan ___
- Mahershala of "Ramy"
- Prince ___ (Aladdin's royal alter ego)
- Big name in boxing
- See 10-Across
- Thieves foiler
- Thrilla in Manilla winner
- 2001 biographical film
- Boxing winner in Zaire, 1974
- Clay of the past
- Comeback maker of October 1974
- Fighter from Louisville
- Modern Clay
- Speaker of 43-Across
- Sports legend from Kentucky
- U.N. Messenger of Peace
- Baba, of Forty Thieves fame
- Clay, after converting
- Rope-a-dope creator
- Boxing legend from Kentucky
- Foreman superior, once
- His jaw was broken by a boxing 24-Across
- Noted ring master
- He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated covers
- Legendary boxing champ
- I am the greatest proclaimer
- The Thousand and One Nights hero
- Certain caliph in Islam
- Legendary heavyweight boxing champ
- Noted boxing shuffle inventor
- Rope-a-dope coiner
- Famous boxer
- Film in which Voight plays Cosell
- Outspoken champ
- He fought Frazier three times
- Will Smith portrayal of 2001
- The Greatest of the ring
- The Mouth That Roared of the ring
- His crown was stripped in 1967
- Muhammad of the ring
- Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996
- Rhyming boxing legend
- Self-proclaimed "greatest" of the ring
- The Greatest of boxing
- Hero in Zaire, 1974
- Self-proclaimed "greatest" of boxing
- Chemical Iraqi
- Greatest of the ring
- A boxing legend
- Foreman striker
- Legendary boxer
- Name among boxing legends
- Subject of a museum in Louisville
- Boxing's Muhammad
- Surname among boxing legends
- Well-known jabber?
- Cassius Clay, now
- Famous Frazier foe
- Kentucky boxing legend
- Greatest of boxing
- I am the greatest boxer
- Boxer portrayed by Will Smith
- Foreman vanquisher
- Late boxing champion
- Late rhyming boxing champ
- Legendary 32-Across
- Legendary Muhammad
- Rumble in the Jungle combatant
- Frazier's foe
- Frazier's frequent foe
- Late boxing legend
- Lexington legend
- Lyrical boxer
- Noted rope-a-dope boxer
- One nicknamed "The Greatest"
- Three-time 1-Across
- Thrilla in Manila figure
- Open, sesame dude
- Sting like a bee speaker
- 2001 biopic film
- 2001 boxing film
- An S.I. Sportsman of the Year
- Foreman's KO'er
- He beat Ernie Terrell in 1967
- Heavyweight legend
- Kentucky sports legend
- Late heavyweight great
- Louisville legend
- Man who was Clay
- Norton and Foreman fighter
- Noted ring shuffler
- Sports Illustrated cover frequenter
- Who Clay became
- Actress/comedian Wong
- Boxer dubbed "The Greatest"
- Boxing great Laila
- Fictional woodcutter Baba
- Laila or Muhammad
- Olympic torchbearer Muhammad
- Will Smith's role in a boxer biopic
- With 1-Down, "Arabian Nights" woodcutter
- With 26-Down, "Open sesame!" speaker
- Green Book star Mahershala
- It's not bragging if you can back it up boxer
- ___ Wong: Hard Knock Wife
- 2001 biopic about a boxer
- Actress Wong or Larter
- Baba who said "Open sesame"
- Boxer who won the Thrilla in Manila
- Boxing legend Laila
- Undefeated Laila
- Velshi on MSNBC
- ___ Wong: Baby Cobra
- Boxer Nico ___ Walsh
- Boxer who won the "Rumble in the Jungle"
- Heavyweight boxing great
- Title boxer of a 2001 biopic
- Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer speaker
- One Night in Miami... boxer
- Ramy actor Mahershala
- Actress MacGraw or Larter
- Boxer/poet Muhammad
- Surname of a noted boxing family
- Wong of "Tuca & Bertie"
- Beef comedian Wong
- Love Story actress MacGraw
- Name within "Mona Lisa"
- Luke Cage actor Mahershala
- Boxer who fought Frazier three times
- Comedian Wong of "Tuca & Bertie"
- Noted boxer and trash-talker
- Tony winner Stroker
- Clay
- Clay's aka
- Mohammad or Pasha
- Short Alison
- Sonny beater
- l974 boxing champ
- Boxing's self-proclaimed greatest
- When We Were Kings fighter
- Boxing champ
- Fabled Baba
- Ring champion
- The Greatest autobiographer
- The King
- BoxingÕs ""GreatestÕÕ
- Fistic Muslim
- Onetime heavyweight champ
- With 30 Down folktale hero
- Legendary hit-man
- He's The Greatest
- Norton's nemesis
- Pasha, of Turkey
- Ring zinger
- Role in 37 Across
- Noted ex-heavyweight
- Thrilla fighter
- When We Were Kings star
- Frazier floorer
- Fourth caliph of Sunni Islam
- Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics
- Laila's father
- He had 37 KOs
- Kentucky legend
- Mailer's subject in "The Fight"
- Smith biopic
- Clay until March 6, 1964
- Legendary pugilist
- Old Clay
- Wepner whipper
- 1960 gold-winning pugilist
- Arabic name meaning "exalted"
- Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace
- Loser of the "Fight of the Century"
- Boxing great, or her father
- Smokin' Joe foe
- Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics
- Will Smith portrayed him
- His title was stripped in '67
- His title was stripped in 1967
- Fistic legend
- Foreman's one-time superior?
- He was thrice the boxing champ
- Loquacious boxing champ
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee guy
- One Thousand and One Nights hero
- The Greatest in a ring
- Bee-butterfly boxer
- Boxer who defeated Foreman
- He beat Liston twice
- He opened the 1996 Olympics
- Legend of the ring
- Legendary boxing champion
- Olympic torch figure of 1996
- Rope-a-dope name
- Subject of a 2001 movie bio
- Arabian Nights hero
- Fighter from Kentucky
- Foreman toppler
- He's known as "The Greatest"
- Legendary Frazier foe
- Noted conscientious objector
- Ringmaster with rhymes
- Three-time Frazier fighter
- Boxing biopic starring Will Smith
- He said he was the greatest, and many agree
- ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character)
- Champ before and after Spinks
- Pugilism's "The Greatest"
- Three-time foe of Frazier
- Three-time ring foe of Frazier
- Boxing biopic of 2001
- Boxing champ before and after Spinks
- He called Frazier a "gorilla"
- He sparred verbally with Cosell
- His "slave name" was Clay
- Pugilistic friend of Cosell
- The Rumble in the Jungle victor
- Boxer with a "shuffle"
- Foreman defeater in 1974
- Ring champ's adopted surname
- Versifying ring legend
- ___ G (Baron Cohen character)
- Drama in Bahama boxer
- She Bee Stingin' boxer Laila
- Boxer for whom Louisville International Airport is named
- Boxer in the documentary "What's My Name"
- Boxer who befriended Cosell
- Former boxing champ Laila
- Larter of "Resident Evil" movies
- Muhammad with 37 34-Across
- Rhymester of the ring
- American Housewife actress Wong
- Dear Girls author Wong
- Love Story star MacGraw
- ___, bomaye! (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
- Boxer and conscientious objector Muhammad
- Broadway star Stroker
- Kentucky-born boxing legend
- Mahershala or Muhammad
- Novelist Monica
- Runner Nia
- Tony-winning Stroker
- Actor Mohammad-___ Keshavarz
- Artist Abdu
- Boxing great Laila or Muhammad
- Name hidden in "alias"
- Bel-Air actress Tatyana
- Fresh Prince actress Tatyana
- Actor Fazal
- Soccer great Krieger
- Tuca & Bertie star Wong
- He said "Open sesame"
- Liston licker
- Ne Clay
- 2001 film in which Ron Silver played Angelo Dundee
- Clay, after remodeling?
- He dropped many men
- Biopic directed by Michael Mann
- Muhammad or Laila of title bouts
- Pakistani actress Maya
- Subject of a 2021 Burns boxing documentary
- With 60 Down, storied infiltrator of a thieves' den
- ___ Daei, Iranian soccer player who once held the men's record for international goals scored
- Boxer who was Arnold's hero on "Diff'rent Strokes"
- Pugilistic Muhammad
- See 20 Across
- His last fight was dubbed the "Drama in Bahama"
- He used to sit in a corner
- Film that won the 2002 NAACP Image Award
- Arabic name meaning "the highest"
- Foreman's worry?
- Retiree of 1979
- Atlanta torch lighter
- Famed caliph
- He knew the ropes
- See 28-Across
- Thrilla in Manila champ
- 1996 Olympic flame lighter
- Ralph's wife
- 2001 biopic nominated for an ESPY
- Athlete in recent Porsche ads
- Boxing great's name, after 1964
- Film that earned Will Smith and Jon Voight Oscar nominations
- Oscar-nominated part for Smith
- Seventh-century caliph
- Ryan's love in "Love Story"
- Atlanta Olympics torch lighter
- Boxer with 37 knockouts
- Clay from Kentucky, later
- Clay, from 1964
- Heavyweight legend Muhammad
- International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
- See 28-Down
- Torch lighter of 1996
- It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am boaster
- Rumble in the Jungle champion
- 1996 torch lighter
- Athlete eulogized by Bill Clinton and Billy Crystal
- ESPY-nominated 2001 biopic
- Film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr.
- His 1975 autobiography was edited by Toni Morrison
- Jabbing king
- Green Book Oscar winner
- Fighter of Frazier and Foreman
- Fighting Laila
- Foe of Foreman and Frazier
- His career record was 56-5
- Norton foe
- Oscar winner for "Green Book"
- Plaintiff in Clay v. United States
- See 15-Across
- 49-Down, after 1964
- Best Supporting Actor winner for 2016 and 2018
- Boxing legend born in Kentucky
- Laila who packs a punch
- See 32-Across
- Stroker who won a 2019 Tony for "Oklahoma!"
- Wong or Wentworth
- Mahershala with Oscars
- See 3-Down
- He gave Elvis Presley signed boxing gloves
- Pugilist given to couplets
- Thrilla in Manila champion
- 1996 Olympics torch lighter
- 2001 film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr.
- Best Supporting Actor winner of 2016 and 2018
- Pugilistic family name
- Soccer's Krieger
- The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey author
- Boxer banned from 1967 to 1970
- Boxing great, after 1964
- Comedy's Wong
- Noted heavyweight champ
- Quarry was his quarry, twice