Referring Clues

• She was Jenny in "Love Story"
• One called "The Lion of God"
• Rhyming boxing champ
• "When We Were Kings" subject
• Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary
• Longtime Frazier foe
• Baritone in Rabaud's "Marouf"
• "1,001 Arabian Nights" hero
• Champion of 10/30/74
• Rope-a-dope exponent
• Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year
• Spinks defeater, 1978
• Foreman's superior
• 1996 Olympic torch lighter
• Actress MacGraw
• Former ring king
• He KO'd Quarry, 10/26/70
• "The Greatest"
• Ryan's "Love Story" co-star
• Loser to Norton, 1973
• The Lion of God
• Champ of 10/30/74
• The People's Champ
• Clay, now
• "Aladdin" prince
• "The Martyrdom of ___" (classic Muslim work)
• He stung like a bee
• Muhammad ___
• Poetic pugilist
• Fatima's spouse
• Frazier foe
• He K.O.'d Foreman 10/30/74
• Husband of Fatima
• Winner of 10/30/74
• The self-proclaimed "Greatest"
• Ring king
• The Greatest
• ___ Baba
• "Mârouf" baritone
• Fatima's husband
• Thrilla in Manila participant
• "When We Were Kings" profilee
• 7th-century Arab caliph
• He KO'd Foreman
• Successor to the Prophet, in Islam
• MacGraw of "Love Story"
• Bard of boxing
• He floated "like a butterfly"
• Rope-a-dope boxer
• Boxer Muhammad
• Pop singer Tatyana
• Noted 1964 convert to Islam
• Torch lighter at the 1996 Olympics
• ___ Hakim ("Oklahoma!" character)
• "The Martyrdom of ___" (Muslim classic)
• Role in Rabaud's "Mârouf"
• Ring master?
• Comeback maker of 10/30/74
• Clay, today
• Pugilist poet
• Boxer Laila ___
• Former ring leader
• Clay, eventually
• Clay, after transformation
• Son-in-law of Muhammad
• Foreman KO'er
• Longtime ring champ
• Champ who could "sting like a bee"
• Will Smith title role
• Biopic starring Will Smith
• 2001 Will Smith title role
• Actress/singer Tatyana ___
• Noted knocker-outer
• 2001 biopic
• His won-lost record was 56-5
• Berbick beat him in 1981
• Remodeled Clay?
• Thrilla in Manila boxer
• 2001 Will Smith role
• Iraq's Imam ___ Mosque
• Will Smith biopic
• "Prince ___" ("Aladdin" song)
• Foreman KO'er, 1974
• "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" co-star Tatyana ___
• Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly"
• The Louisville Lip
• Poetry-spouting pugilist
• 2001 role for Will Smith
• Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
• He put people on the ropes
• Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
• Clay, after 1964
• A caliph of Islam
• "___ Baba and the 40 Thieves"
• Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei
• Self-proclaimed "Greatest"
• Seventh-century Arab caliph
• Louisville museum subject
• Cousin of Muhammad
• He KO'd Foreman in '74
•     Ring master?
• With 14-Across, a famous "cave man"
• Quarry quasher of 1970
• MacGraw of "The Getaway"
• Lord of the ring, once
• He could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
• Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
• Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
• Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader
• Three-time Frazier opponent
• Thrilla in Manila victor
• He said "Champions aren't made in gyms"
• Oscar-nominated Will Smith role
• 2001 Will Smith biopic
• Boxer Laila
• First Shia imam
• Laila who dances in and out of the ring
• "Rope-a-dope" boxer
• Kentucky's Athlete of the Century
• He came out of retirement in 1980
• Will Smith biopic, 2001
• "Infidel" author Ayaan Hirsi ___
• "Sting like a bee" athlete
• "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" boxer
• Figure in the Sunni/Shia split
• Title role about a titleholder
• "Heroes" actress Larter
• HBO's "Da ___ G Show"
• Clay, by another name
• Boxing champ from Louisville, Kentucky
• Title role for Will Smith
• Clay, after a while
• Noted ring leader
• The Fight of the Century fighter
• Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G
• 1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist
• Rumble in the Jungle victor
• Noted convert to Islam in 1964
• Foreman foe
• "Aladdin" hero
• Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei
• BBC's Sports Personality of the Century
• World champion of 1964-67, 1974-78 and 1978-79
• He "stung like a bee"
• Retired boxing icon
• He whipped Foreman in '74
• "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" actress Tatyana
• He stung "like a bee"
• "Float like a butterfly" boxer
• Baba beginning
• Clay, after a name change
• "Thrilla in Manila" winner
• He thrilled 'em in Manila
• He was thrice the champ
• Spinks opponent of 1978
• 1996 Olympic cauldron lighter
• Boxer known as "The Greatest"
• Son-in-law of Mohammad
• He lit the 1996 Olympics flame
• "Rope-a-dope" pugilist
• Boxer whose name is hidden in eight answers
• 2001 Will Smith movie
• Boxer whose daughter is also a boxer
• His last match was against Berbick
• Forty Thieves foe
• Scheherazade protagonist
• 2001 movie bio
• Foreman's 1974 superior
• Ring legend
• Ryan's "Love Story" costar
• Fabled woodcutter ___ Baba
• Boxer with a "sting like a bee"
• Arabian Nights name
• Winner of the "Thrilla in Manila"
• Prince of "Aladdin"
• Baba or MacGraw
• Lighter of the 1996 Olympic torch
• Smith portrayal of 2001
• He won the "Thrilla in Manila"
• He had a "sting like a bee"
• "Thrilla in Manila" victor
• Boxer from Louisville
• Clay, since 1964
• International Boxing Hall of Fame charter member
• Holmes was his last opponent
• First name in Scheherazade's tales
• Boxer known as the "Louisville Lip"
• "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves"
• He used to "sting like a bee"
• Boxer known for rhymes
• "Thrilla in Manila" boxer
• 2001 film about a boxer
• Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" foe
• Ring king born Cassius Clay
• Outspoken boxer
• Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky
• Biopic that starred Will Smith
• "Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
• Winner of "The Thrilla in Manila"
• "Open, sesame!" sayer
• "When We Were Kings" king
• Laila in the ring
• Will Smith title role of 2001
• Will Smith biopic of 2001
• Will Smith portrayal
• Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5
• Boxing legend
• Actress Larter of "Heroes"
• Ring leader, once
• "The Greatest" boxer
• Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Century"
• Frazier foe, once
• "The Louisville Lip"
• "I am the greatest" speaker
• '80s Giants kicker Haji-Sheikh
• Boxer who lost "The Drama in the Bahamas" in 1981
• Boxer whose record was 56-5 with 37 KOs
• Three-time heavyweight champ
• "The Soul of a Butterfly" memoirist
• "When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble" speaker
• Frazier rival
• Model Landry
• Big name in flooring?
• Subject of the biography "King of the World"
• Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
• Larter of "Heroes"
• Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire"
• Subject of the book "Sting Like a Bee"
• "___ Baba Goes to Town" (1937 Eddie Cantor film)
• He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame
• Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s
• Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"
• He's pictured on the cover of the book "Ghosts of Manila"
• ___ Khamenei (supreme leader of Iran)
• "My toughest fight was with my first wife" speaker
• Oscar-nominated role for Smith
• U.N. Messenger of Peace appointee in 1998
• Million-dollar Baba?
• 2001 film directed by Michael Mann
• She played Jennifer in "Love Story"
• 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• Kristofferson's costar in the TV movie "Freedom Road"
• Cover subject of the April 1968 issue of Esquire
• Subject matter, with Cosell, of the book "Sound and Fury"
• ___ by Adidas (line of sports apparel)
• Subject of the book "Loser and Still Champion"
• Louisville's ___ Center
• He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated cover appearances
• Pugilist Muhammad
• Three-time opponent of Frazier
• Ben ___ (1886 Kentucky Derby winner)
• CNN business anchor Velshi
• 2001 film featuring Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X
• 1996 Miss USA winner Landry
• The ___ shuffle
• He knocked out Liston in the first round on May 25, 1965
• X contemporary
• Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" opponent
• Two-time Quarry opponent
• She finished third behind Ohno and Fatone on "Dancing With the Stars"
• 1977 Warhol subject
• Eponym of a Parkinson research center in Phoenix
• "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on" boaster
• See 30-Down
• Turkish military governor ___ Pasha
• "Rumble in the Jungle" fighter
• "It's not bragging if you can back it up" speaker
• Foreman fighter
• "Da ___ G Show"
• Carroll character
• Rap duo ___ & Gipp
• Norton contemporary
• Ring master
• Frequent LeRoy Neiman subject
• Singer/actress Lohan
• Slugger from Louisville
• Tatyana of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
• Lighter of the Olympic flame in Atlanta
• Boxer who carried a torch at the 1996 Olympics
• Muhammad with gloves
• Baba of fiction
• Baba with magic words
• Will Smith role
• He was the first to beat Foreman
• "Rumble in the Jungle" name
• "Sting like a bee" boxer
• Boxer played by Smith
• Louisville's ___ Center, cultural attraction
• Talkative fighter
• Thriller in Manila
• Old ring leader?
• Pugilist Laila
• Boxing family name
• Rhyming boxer
• Baba not au rhum?
• Sacha Baron Cohen persona ___ G
• Laila of pugilism
• Star in the ring
• Laila of boxing
• "The Greatest" in the ring
• MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus"
• Arabic for "the highest"
• Joe Frazier foe
• Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"
• Boxing Hall of Famer
• Will Smith film role
• ___ Baba
• Will Smith film of 2001
• "Aladdin" protagonist
• MacGraw of "Love Story"
• "Aladdin" prince
• Arabic prename
• Joe Frazier rival
• '60s heavyweight champ
• Larter of "Heroes"
• "The Greatest"
• Ring master of yore
• He "stung like a bee"
• Ring great
• Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta
• Boxing great
• "Thrilla in Manila" victor
• "The Greatest" boxer
• "The Greatest" in the ring
• Will Smith film
• "Rumble in the Jungle" winner
• Former heavyweight champ
• ___ Center (Louisville museum)
• Boxer played by Will Smith
• Foreman opponent
• Liston defeater
• 37-time "Sports Illustrated" cover figure
• Smith title role
• Focus of a Louisville museum
• Muhammad or Laila
• Poet in the ring
• Foreman beater in '74
• SI's Athlete of the Century
• He fought Foreman
• Frazier defeater
• Foreman adversary
• "Thrilla in Manila" principal
• "Rumble in the Jungle" victor
• Famous boxer
• Jenny in "Love Story"
• "When We Were Kings" profilee
• Film in which Voight plays Cosell
• The Greatest, in the ring
• "When We Were Kings" athlete
• Victor in Zaire, 1974
• Outspoken champ
• "I am the greatest" proclaimer
• Legendary heavyweight boxing champ
• "The Thousand and One Nights" hero
• He worked on canvases
• Boxing winner in Zaire, 1974
• Rope-a-dope coiner
• Boxing legend from Kentucky
• "I am the greatest" speaker
• Noted boxing shuffle inventor
• One-time ring king
• Certain caliph in Islam
• The self-proclaimed "Greatest"
• Legendary boxing champ
• He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated covers
• Rope-a-dope inventor
• Clay, later
• "Thrilla in Manila" combatant
• Cosell's longtime foil
• Role for Will Smith
• 1996 Olympic hero
• "Rope-a-dope" boxer
• His jaw was broken by a boxing 24-Across
• "Rumble in the Jungle" participant
• Great heavyweight
• Smokin' Joe foe
• Cassius Clay, now
• "Fight of the Century" loser
• Clay, after a conversion
• Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics
• Boxing great, or her father
• 1960 gold-winning pugilist
• Loser of the "Fight of the Century"
• Three-time Frazier foe
• Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace
• Winner of the Thrilla in Manila
• Arabic name meaning "exalted"
• Clay, after converting
• Rumble in the Jungle winner
• Legendary pugilist
• Ring master, once
• Old Clay
• Ring rhymer
• Wepner whipper
• Clay until March 6, 1964
• He had 37 KOs
• Smith biopic
• 2001 sports biopic
• Mailer's subject in "The Fight"
• Kentucky legend
• Thrilla in Manila winner
• Sports legend from Kentucky
• Fourth caliph of Sunni Islam
• Laila's father
• Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics
• 2001 biographical film
• Frazier floored him
• "When We Were Kings" star
• Foreman's superior?
• Boxing bigwig
• Former boxing champ
• "Thrilla in Manila" combatant
• Will Smith portrayed him
• Louisville sports icon
• Three-time '60s-'70s heavyweight champ
• Champ from Louisville
• Fighter with a shuffle
• Former champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Joe Frazier's ring rival
• Pugilist from Louisville
• "American Gladiators "cohost
• Pugilistic poet
• First three-time heavyweight champ
• He dethroned Foreman
• Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari
• Ring icon
• "The Greatest" via self-proclamation
• Ring king with a sting
• "Arabian Nights" figure, ___ Baba
• Muhammad ___, opponent of 53-Down
• "I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong" speaker
• Self-proclaimed "Greatest" boxer
• Thief thwarter Baba
• Foreman's foe in Zaire
• Baba of folklore
• Fassbinder film "___: Fear Eats the Soul"
• Baba who stole from thieves
• Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century
• Cosell interviewee
• He fought Frazier three times
• Boxing biopic
• Muslim convert in 1964 news
• Will Smith portrayal of 2001
• Legend in the ring
• "___ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
• "Open, sesame" speaker
• Baba of "The Arabian Nights"
• "When We Were Kings" boxer
• Rhymer in the ring
• ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" hero)
• Induction-refusing boxing champ
• Fighter who was a dove
• "The Greatest" subject
• Noted Cosell interviewee
• ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character)
• Poetic boxer
• '70s boxing champ
• Self-proclaimed "greatest" of boxing
• Boxer with a Louisville museum
• Focus of a Louisville cultural center
• He "floated like a butterfly"
• His title was stripped in '67
• Clay, transformed
• Rhyming fighter
• HBO's ___ G
• Baba who tangled with thieves
• "I am the greatest" proclaimer
• "The Thousand and One Nights" hero
• Jenny in "Love Story"
• Sacha Baron Cohen persona ___ G
• Louisville's ___ Center, cultural attraction
• "___ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
• "Arabian Nights" name
• Clay, after change
• Pugilist-poet
• Lord of the ring?
• Arabic for "the highest"
• "Thrilla in Manila" principal
• "Rumble in the Jungle" victor
• "Aladdin" protagonist
• "Rumble in the Jungle" winner
• ___ Center (Louisville museum)
• 37-time "Sports Illustrated" cover figure
• Noted ex-heavyweight
• "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" boaster
• Larter of “Heroes”
• "Thrilla in Manila" participant
• Fight of the Century loser
• Fedotowsky of "The Bachelorette"
• Former bachelorette Fedotowsky
• Common Muslim name
• ___ MacGraw "Love Story" co-star
• The prophet Muhammed's cousin
• Lindsay Lohan's sister
• 2001 Michael Mann film
• Well-known jabber?
• "The greatest" of boxing
• Ex-ring king
• Ex-ring king
• 2001 film in which Ron Silver played Angelo Dundee
• Mohammed ______
• Caliph
• MacGraw or Khan
• ___ Baba
• Cassius Clay now
• Cassius now
• Clay now
• Khan or Baba
• Cassius, now
• The former Clay
• ____ Khan
• ___ Baba
• ____baba
• "Arabian Nights" figure ___ Baba
• Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh
• 2001 film bio
• '70s heavyweight champ
• Heavyweight champ after Liston
• Boxer called "The Greatest"
• "The Greatest: My Own Story" author
• Frazier foe
• Three-time heavyweight boxing champ
• Boxing's greatest
• Mohammed ___ Jinnah
• With 1-Down, discoverer of cave treasure
• Famed fighter in the ring
• Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across
• See 109-Down
• ___ G (HBO character)
• KO connection maker
• His title was stripped in 1967
• He dropped many men
• The greatest pugilist, he says
• Frazier downer
• "The Mouth That Roared"
• Hero in Zaire, 1974
• Ex-boxer Laila
• Big name in pugilism
• Pro who packed a punch
• Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996
• His crown was stripped in 1967
• "Fight of the Century" participant
• 'The Greatest'
• Mr. Baba
• Will Smith movie
• Ryan's 'Love Story' co-star
• Noted pugilist
• MacGraw of movies
• Boxing's 'Greatest'
• Clay alias
• Will Smith biopic role
• With 21-Down, 'Arabian Nights' hero
• Actress Larter
• Foreman competitor
• Foreman rival
• 'When We Were Kings' subject
• Ms. MacGraw
• Big name in boxing lore
• Actress Landry
• Clay's ring name
• Hogan's 'American Gladiators' co-host
• Liston opponent
• With 5-Across, 'open sesame' man
• 'Rumble in the Jungle' contender
• Sports legend
• With 37-Down, thieves' foe
• 'Rope-a-dope' specialist
• With 35-Across, thieves' thwarter
• With 4-Down, 'Love Story' star
• 'Thrilla in Manila' fighter
• Old foe of Frazier
• 'The Greatest' boxer
• Boxing great Muhammad
• Old ring king Muhammad
• Foe of Frazier
• Old ring king
• Boxer Clay, renamed
• Ring king Muhammad
• Ring legend Muhammad
• With 6-Across, 'Open, sesame!' utterer
• With 7-Down, 'Open, sesame!' sayer
• Onetime ring king
• Former Frazier foe
• "I am the greatest" source
• He KO'd many men
• Dundee's protege in the ring
• Memorable press-conference rhymer
• ___ Shuffle (boxing move)
• 1996 Olympic flame lighter
• Steve's "The Getaway" co-star
• "The Greatest" of the ring
• Muhammad of the ring
• Thrilla in Manila fighter
• Common Arab given name
• Baba with an ax
• Baba of "Arabian Nights"
• Foreman's one-time superior?
• Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999
• Clay, after a transformation?
• He was thrice the boxing champ
• Baba the woodcutter
• Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites
• Ring leader?
• Fighter formerly known as Clay
• "facing ____ " (2009 sports book)
• He licked Liston
• Loquacious boxing champ
• "The Greatest" pugilist
• Holmes beat him in 1980
• "American Gladiators" co-host Laila
• Ring great Muhammad
• "The Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
• Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania
• "The Mouth That Roared" of the ring
• Fistic legend
• Fourth caliph in Sunni Islam
• Ring figure
• Legendary boxer
• "Rumble in the Jungle" champ
• Storied Baba
• "The Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
• Eastern potentate
• Alcindor : Abdul-Jabbar :: Clay : ___
• Woodcutter Baba
• Clay's chosen name
• Boxing legend Muhammad
• "Lawrence of Arabia" role
• Model/actress Landry
• Rhyming boxing legend
• Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center
• Onetime giant in decking
• Spinks's opponent in two title fights
• Self-proclaimed "greatest" of the ring
• First fighter to KO Liston
• Biopic role for Will Smith
• Subject of a museum in Louisville
• Baba who outwitted thieves
• A boxing legend
• Boxing great Muhammad ___
• Boxing biopic starring Will Smith
• Clay with a new name
• Boxer who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Games as Cassius Clay
• Steve calls her Slim in "The Getaway"
• Quarry beater in 1970
• "___, boom-ba-yay" (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
• Subject of the 1998 biography "King of the World"
• "Chemical" Iraqi
• Very common Muslim name
• Boxer who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee
• Iran's ___ Khamenei
• Noted press conference rhymer
• 2001 Michael Mann biopic
• Liston beater, 1965
• He floored Foreman in Zaire
• Name among boxing legends
• Who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
• Foreman striker
• 2001 boxing biopic
• "Greatest" of boxing
• Former pugilist Laila
• Laila who won her first prizefight in 31 seconds
• "I am the greatest" boxer
• Prizefighting legend
• He said he was the greatest, and many agree
• Poetic fighter
• "Greatest" of the ring
• Boxer who boasted "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize"
• Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da ___ G Show"
• 1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
• Frazier's Fight of the Century foe
• Former CNN business anchor Velshi
• Cassius lately
• Clay, nowdays
• He beat Liston twice
• Old Frazier foe
• His last fight was a loss to Trevor Berbick
• "I am the greatest" claimant
• Khan of Pakistan
• "One Thousand and One Nights" hero
• The People's Champion
• Spinks foe
• Athlete with the autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
• He proclaimed "I shook up the world"
• "Fight of the Century" contender
• Khan, for one
• Olympic torch figure of 1996
• Frazier's longtime foe
• Boxing name of fame
• Boxer in the first-ever pay-per-view match
• With 1-Across, 'Open sesame' speaker
• Surname among boxing legends
• Liston's conqueror
• Sportsman of the Century, per Sports Illustrated in 1999
• Former boxer Laila
• Ex-heavyweight champ
• Boxer portrayed in a 2001 biopic
• Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic
• Arabic name meaning "high"
• ___ G (Sacha Baron Cohen persona)
• Legend of the ring
• Boxer who defeated Foreman
• "Rope-a-dope" practitioner
• Rope-a-dope name
• Frequent Cosell interviewee
• Ring king, once
• Hollywood's MacGraw
• Arabic name that means "exalted"
• 1970s foe of Frazier
• Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base
• Baba, for one
• Boxing's Muhammad
• Liston fighter
• Prince in "Aladdin"
• "The Greatest" in a ring
• Frank's assistant on "Bring 'em Back Alive"
• He opened the 1996 Olympics
• Cocky real-life Rocky
• MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Love Story"
• Baba
• Opponent of 14-Down, in sports
• Baba or a boxer
• 'Prince ___' ('Aladdin' song)
• Muhammad follower
• "Mahershalalhashbaz of the 4400"
• 2001 Will Smith film
• Ralph's wife
• Foreman battler
• "I Am ___" (2014 documentary about a famous boxer)
• Frazier fighter
• Larter of TVs "Heroes"
• Former foe of Frazier and Foreman
• Boxer Muhammad ___
• Prince in 'Aladdin'
• Boxing's "Greatest"
• Legendary fighter
• Laila of 'We Need to Talk'
• "The Trials of Muhammad ___" (2013 documentary)
• Clay, once
• Foreman toppler
• Figure in a Sunni/Shia dispute
• Legendary Frazier foe
• Noted conscientious objector
• Foreman superior, once
• Gold medalist of 1960, under a previous name
• Famed boxer
• Three-time Frazier fighter
• "Aladdin" character
• Boxing immortal
• Former boxing king
• Ringmaster with rhymes
• Poetic puncher
• Heavyweight great
• "Open sesame" speaker
• Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site)
• Clay, nowadays
• Steve's co-star in "The Getaway"
• Legendary boxing champion
• "Arabian Nights" prename
• Louisville slugger
• Renowned fighter
• Clay of the past
• Fighter from Kentucky
• Three-time foe for Frazier
• He perfected the rope-a-dope
• Foe of Frazier and Foreman
• Big ring name
• Thieves foiler
• He's known as "The Greatest"
• U.S. women's soccer star Krieger
• '70s ring king
• Smith biopic role
• Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
• Kentucky boxing legend
• Arabian Nights prename
• Boxer said to "sting"
• Famous Frazier foe
• He floated like a butterfly
• Noted American follower of 20-Across
• Ayaan Hirsi ___, author of "Infidel"
• Clay no more
• Actress McGraw
• Macgraw of films
• Foreman striker?
• "Prince ___": "Aladdin" song
• So-called "Commander of the Faithful"
• Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky.
• Muhammad the legend
• With 1-Across, woodcutter who stole from thieves
• Induction refuser of 1967
• "rope-a-dope" exponent
• Ring rhymester
• 1970s heavyweight champ
• Muhammad's successor, to Shiites
• Dethroner of Foreman
• Boxing's "Louisville Lip"
• Rumble in the Jungle participant
• Who said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
• Late boxing great
• Pugilism's "The Greatest"
• Subject of the kids' book "Twelve Rounds to Glory"
• Late, great boxer
• Boxer portrayed by Will Smith
• Three-time ring foe of Frazier
• Late boxing champion
• Legendary 32-Across
• Shi'ite caliph
• Late, great boxing champ
• Larter of TV's "Heroes"
• Foreman vanquisher
• Late rhyming boxing champ
• Legendary Muhammad
• ___ bey
• UN messenger of peace
• "When We Were Kings" hero
• With 27-Down, foe of the Forty Thieves
• Loser of the Drama in Bahama
• Three-time foe of Frazier
• "Aladdin" figure
• Champ before and after Spinks
• With 10-Across, "Open sesame" sayer
• Iconic boxer
• His "slave name" was Clay
• Thrilla in Manila figure
• Lexington legend
• Name meaning "high"
• Last name among boxing legends
• LeRoy Neiman subject
• The Greatest of boxing
• Legend of boxing
• He said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
• He called Frazier a "gorilla"
• Film in which Jon Voight played Howard Cosell
• Foe of Spinks
• Laila of the ring
• Exalted, in Islam
• Noted ringmaster
• Louisville slugger?
• Noted rope-a-dope boxer
• One nicknamed "The Greatest"
• Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"
• "Moonlight" star Mahershala
• Late boxing legend
• Frazier's foe
• Boxer with feats of Clay?
• Boxing biopic of 2001
• Subject of Mailer's "The Fight"
• Mahershala ___, Best Supporting Actor for 17-Across
• Boxing champ before and after Spinks
• 'The Greatest' fighter
• Pugilistic friend of Cosell
• Fighter eulogized by Bill Clinton, among others
• Benazir's father
• He sparred verbally with Cosell
• Woodcutter in a children's story
• Memorable fighter
• "Rumble in the Jungle" combatant
• Frazier's frequent foe
• Three-time 1-Across
• He was a thriller in Manila
• Quotable boxer
• Lyrical boxer
• Mahershala ___, Oscar winner for "Moonlight"
• One-time ring master
• Norton and Foreman fighter
• Mahershala of "Marvel's Luke Cage"
• "The Rumble in the Jungle" victor
• Great boxer
• Muhammad the boxing legend
• Movie starring Will Smith
• Muhammad of boxing
• Boxing movie starring Will Smith
• "The Greatest" in boxing
• Muhammad ___, the famous boxer
• Boxing legend known as "The Greatest"
• Muhammad, the boxer
• Muhammad, the boxing great
• Sports legend Muhammad
• Early ring-leader?
• Muhammad ___, the boxer
• Boxing legend Muhammad ___
• Boxer who called himself "The Greatest"
• The self-proclaimed "Greatest" in boxing
• 1996 Olympics honoree
• Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego ___ G
• "Chemical" guy in the Iraqi playing card deck
• Chemical ___ (nickname for a member of Saddam's inner circle)
• He beat Liston
• Boxing star
• "American Gladiators" cohost Laila
• CNN's "Your Money" host Velshi
• Legendary ring king Muhammad
• See 56-Across
• He was "The Greatest"
• Legend of the boxing world
• Former UB40 lead singer Campbell
• Legendary boxer Muhammad
• "Arabian Nights" hero
• ___ Baba of fable
• Larter of "Pitch"
• Frazier's rival
• Baba of legend
• Former ringmaster?
• 1996 torch lighter
• Legendary Cosell interviewee
• Soundtrack for Will Smith boxing movie
• The Story So Far song about a famous boxer?
• The Story So Far song about the greatest?
• South Korean singer of "Let Me Say First"
• The Story So Far song for a boxer?
• "Boy You Knock Me Out" singer Tatyana
• Mike G. mixtape about the Greatest?
• Tatyana ___
• He fought a wild animal - that's not on
• He's among the greatest ex-champions alive
• He has a belief beef should be totally eliminated
• Former champion and excellent outside left
• Muhammad or Baba?
• Muslim name
• Not the forename of forty thieves!
• Clay unearthed in Halifax
• Oscar-nominated role for Will Smith
• Athlete in recent Porsche ads
• Dundee trained him
• Film that earned Will Smith and Jon Voight Oscar nominations
• Seventh-century caliph
• Oscar-nominated part for Smith
• Thrilla in Manila champ
• Boxing great's name, after 1964
• See 28-Down
• "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala
• Oscar winner Mahershala
• Heavyweight legend Muhammad
• Mahershala of "Moonlight"
• International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
• Clay from Kentucky, later
• Boxer with 37 knockouts
• Atlanta Olympics torch lighter
• Lord of the rings?
• Clay, from 1964
• Torch lighter of 1996
• He has a meal without me at lunchtime
• His 1975 autobiography was edited by Toni Morrison
• ___ G (Baron Cohen character)
• Louisville legend
• "The Champ"
• Fourth Muslim caliph
• Athlete of the century in some polls
• "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" guy
• Subject of a 2001 movie bio
• Bee-butterfly boxer
• Pugilistic legend
• Fighter who boasted, "I should be a postage stamp; that's the only way I'll ever get licked"
• Soccer star Krieger
• He delivered many physical and verbal jabs
• Mahershala of "Luke Cage"
• Boxer Laila whose last name is spelled backward in LAILA
• Jabbering jabber, once
• Actress or fighter
• Prince in Disney's "Aladdin"
• Manila victor of 1975
• “Arabian Nights” character ___ Baba
• Michael Mann movie
• Caliph called "the Lion of God"
• Ring master?
• 2001 biopic directed by Michael Mann
• Early follower of Muhammad
• 1975 opponent of Frazier
• His name was once Cassius X
• CNN correspondent Velshi
• 2001 biopic starring Will Smith
• "There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people" speaker
• ___ Shar ("One Thousand and One Nights" character)
• "Inventor" of the rope-a-dope
• Big name in boxing
• Boxer Muhammad who died in 2016
• Arabian folk hero, ___ Baba
• ___ Baba & The 40 Thieves
• Heavyweight - a pound?
• Monica ___, author of Brick Lane (2003)
• Champion boxer from Australia
• McGraw in boxing movie
• Late heavyweight great
• Bit of an invalid, apparently?
• Mahershala who was on the first four seasons of "House of Cards"
• Ayaan Hirsi ___, Somali-born advocate for women's rights and religious freedom
• Versifying ring legend
• His first bout as a pro was against Hunsaker
• Actress Wong of "American Housewife"
• "Hidden Figures" actor Mahershala ___
• Actress Lohan who is the younger sister of Lindsay
• See 18-Across
• Marciano's simulated boxing opponent in the "Super Fight"
• Muhammad with the jabs
• MSNBC host ___ Velshi
• "MSNBC Live" co-anchor Velshi
• Film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr.
• Clay's transformation?
• 2001 biopic film
• Boxing icon Muhammad
• ___ G, Sacha Baron Cohen character
• Great boxer from Australia
• Muhammad in a ring
• Athlete eulogized by Bill Clinton and Billy Crystal
• "Hidden Figures" actor Mahershala
• Actress Larter of "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter"
• Boxer went down, with time running out
• Medal of Freedom athlete (2005)
• Comedian Wong
• Biopic about the boxer originally known as Cassius Clay
• "Love Story" actress MacGraw
• "American Housewife" actress Wong
• Memorable boxer
• Fake prince who was really Aladdin, in the movie
• Boxer who said "I am the greatest"
• He said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
• "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
• See 83-Across
• Ring champ's adopted surname
• Foreman defeater in 1974
• Much-praised Muhammad
• Noted ring shuffler
• Boxer with a "shuffle"
• 1,001 Nights honorific
• He fought a big cat: that's not on
• Real-life Superman opponent in a '78 comic book
• Who said "Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up"
• Boxer who nicknamed his opponents
• Sports Illustrated cover frequenter
• "His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" speaker
• Actor Mahershala of Netflix's "Luke Cage"
• Man who was Clay
• Who Clay became
• Moeen ___, English cricketer
• 2016 Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala
• Heavyweight legend
• Women's soccer star Krieger
• Greatest boxer endless landed like a butterfly?
• "Rumble in the Jungle" champion
• ESPY-nominated 2001 biopic
• Common Arabic prename
• An S.I. Sportsman of the Year
• He beat Ernie Terrell in 1967
• A name in faith healing
• "Moonlight" actor
• "Open, sesame" dude
• Kentucky sports legend
• "Sting like a bee" speaker
• "I beat people up" sayer (1977)
• Mahershala ___, co-star of 2018's "Green Book"
• Will Smith Oscar-nominated role
• Oft-quoted pugilist
• Cable news host Velshi
• 3-Down pugilist
• "True Detective" star Mahershala ___
• Lord of the ring?
• MacGraw in movies
• Champion in Arabic
• Will Smith's role in a boxer biopic
• Former boxing champ Laila
• The greatest in a line?
• Clay, after conversion
• Muhammad with 37 34-Across
• "Drama in Bahama" boxer
• Converted boxer
• Velshi of MSNBC
• Subject of the 2004 autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
• Common Arab prename
• Mahershala of "True Detective"
• Actor Mahershala ___
• Mahershala of "Green Book"
• Muhammad's son-in-law
• "Green Book" co-star Mahershala
• He won 56 bouts
• Baba among thieves
• He took on a king of the jungle
• Olympic torchbearer Muhammad
• "I beat people up" boxer
• Who once boasted "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!"
• "Moonlight" Oscar winner
• The greatest in equality?
• Fighter of Frazier and Foreman
• Sports star who once declared "I am America"
• With 26-Down, "Open sesame!" speaker
• Boxer who befriended Cosell
• Norton foe
• Three-time ring king
• Boxer dubbed "The Greatest"
• "Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
• "Green Book" Oscar winner
• With 1-Down, "Arabian Nights" woodcutter
• Baba of literature
• See 15-Across
• Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
• "She Bee Stingin'" boxer Laila
• Boxer who proclaimed, "I am the greatest!"
• World champion athlete under two different names
• "Always Be My Maybe" star Wong
• Boxing great Laila
• Boxer who beat Frazier twice
• ___ Baba (forty thieves adversary)
• Larter of "Resident Evil" movies
• Mahershala with two Oscars
• Funny Wong
• ___ Baba (40 thieves' adversary)
• Rhymester of the ring
• Baba in a cave
• Wong of “Always Be My Maybe”
• Plaintiff in Clay v. United States
• "Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
• "Aladdin" alter ego
• Laila or Muhammad
• MacGraw of “Love Story”
• Actress/comedian Wong
• Oscar winner for “Green Book”
• Boxer for whom Louisville International Airport is named
• Boxer in the documentary "What's My Name"
• Fictional woodcutter Baba
• Actor Mahershala
• "Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala
• Actress Wong or Larter
• “Thrilla in Manila” victor
• Stand-up comedian Wong
• ___ Baba, crier of "Open sesame!"
• Muslim-American icon
• He called Foreman "The Mummy"
• Self-styled stinger
• Baba who said "Open sesame"
• Tony winner Stroker
• He said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" (1974)
• [boxing glove] [butterfly] [bee]
• "The Rookie" actress Larter
• "Green Book" star Mahershala
• See 32-Across
• He has a part in Pygmalion
• Boxer and conscientious objector Muhammad
• “Green Book” Oscar winner
• "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick" boxer
• "Dear Girls" author Wong
• "Moonlight" actor Mahershala
• Will Smith boxer role
• 1,001 Nights name
• Journalist Velshi of MSNBC
• Mahershala or Muhammad
• "Baby Cobra" stand-up comedian Wong
• "Love Story" star MacGraw
• Krieger of the U.S. women's national soccer team
• Academy Award winner for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
• "I got no quarrel with them Vietcong" speaker
• Kentucky-born boxing legend
• Boxing legend born in Kentucky
• Wong of "Always Be My Maybe"
• Undefeated boxer Laila
• Socker played by Smith
• Subject of a Louisville museum
• Big name in Islam
• "___, bomaye!" (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
• Mahershala of “Moonlight”
• Broadway star Stroker
• Stand-up comic Wong
• Tony-winning Stroker
• "Baby Cobra" comedian Wong
• Forty thieves opponent ___ Baba
• Laila who packs a punch
• “Moonlight” Oscar winner Mahershala
• “Green Book” Oscar winner Mahershala
• Boxer who won the Thrilla in Manila
• Novelist Monica
• Louisville's Muhammad ___ Boulevard
• 2001 biopic about a boxer
• "It's not bragging if you can back it up" boxer
• Boxing legend Laila
• Wong of stand-up comedy
• Boxing family surname
• Biopic with Malcolm X and Dr. King
• Runner Nia
• Krieger of the U.S. women's soccer team
• Former boxer Laila who wrote "Food for Life"
• Two-Oscar actor of the 2010s
• Velshi on MSNBC
• Undefeated Laila
• "___ Wong: Hard Knock Wife"
• "Ramy" actor Mahershala
• Arabian Nights guy ___ Baba
• Hometown hero of Louisville, Ky.
• Oscar-winning actor for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
• Title boxer of a 2001 biopic
• The boxer is a bit of a liability
• Muhammad the legendary boxer
• "Baby Cobra" comic Wong
• ___ Krieger, U.S. women's soccer star
• Wong of stand-up
• Woman's nickname that drops "-son"
• "___ Wong: Baby Cobra"
• Whom Clay became
• Heavyweight champ known as "The Greatest"
• First Muslim with an acting Oscar (2017)
• Boxing great Laila or Muhammad
• Actor Mohammad-___ Keshavarz
• Arabian Nights' ___ Baba
• MSNBC co-anchor ___ Velshi
• Ring star
• Oscar winner Mahershala ___
• Name hidden in "alias"
• "True Detective" star Mahershala
• ___ Ewoldt, first Asian-American to play Christine in Broadway's "Phantom"
• Actress Tatyana
• Wong of "American Housewife"
• Artist Abdu
• He floored Foreman
• Broadway actress Stroker
• Clay became him
• Larter of "Resident Evil" films
• Mahershala of "House of Cards"
• "Swan Song" star Mahershala
• Boxer Nico ___ Walsh
• Prince ___ (Aladdin's royal alter ego)
• Subject of a Ken Burns documentary
• Clay, beginning in 1964
• Mahershala of "Ramy"
• "... butterfly ... bee" boxer
• Ben and Virginia ___, founders of Ben's Chili Bowl
• Boxer in a Ken Burns documentary
• "Always Be My Maybe" actress Wong
• Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World"
• "Always Be My Maybe" actress/writer Wong
• Tony-winning actress Stroker
• - Baba
• The goalie's name?
• "Oklahoma!" Tony winner Stroker
• See 47-Across
• "Paper Girls" actress Wong
• Legend among boxers
• Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
• Guyanese president Irfaan ___
• "Prince ___" song from "Aladdin"
• Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)
• 23-Across, in boxing
• "Sportsman of the Century," per Sports Illustrated
• "He died the most beloved person on the planet," per Ken Burns
• "Fresh Prince" actress Tatyana
• TV's Wentworth
• "Beef" star Wong
• Wong of "Baby Cobra"
• Soccer great Krieger
• "Bel-Air" actress Tatyana
• Nickname that drops "son"
• Frazier opponent
• "Beef" actress Wong
• Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom"
• Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring
• Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
• Actor Fazal
• Boxing great who beat Foreman
• ___ Stroker, Tony-winning actress for 2019's "Oklahoma!"
• Athlete who boasted "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast; I'm pretty and can't possibly be beat"
• See 50-Across
• "Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
• Wong of "Birds of Prey"
• "Tuca & Bertie" star Wong
• Actress Wong
• Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
• Larter of"The Rookie"
• "Beef" Emmy winner Wong
• Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon
• "The Greatest" memoirist
• Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums
• MSNBC's Velshi
• Tony Award-winner Stroker
• Legendary name in the boxing world
• Important figure in Shia Islam
• Wong of "Beef"
• Mahershala who was the first Muslim performer to win an Oscar
• Arab name that means "high"
• 2001 film depicting the Rumble in the Jungle
• Boxer who lit the cauldron at the 1996 Olympics
• Lord of the rings?
• Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___
• USWNT great Krieger
• Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic
• Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist
• Boxer who "stung like a bee"
• "Single Lady" comic Wong
• Arabic name that means "elevated"
• Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef"
• ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe"
• He was né Clay
• Comic actress Wong
• MacGraw of "The Winds of War"
• ___ Stroker, Tony Award-winning actress in "Oklahoma!"
• Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II"
• Sports star who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
• The foreigner is a bit of a liability
• Boxing champ Laila
• Most common last name in Somalia
• Athlete who's the subject of a museum in Louisville
• Estrange
• Baba of note
• Journalist Velshi of MS NOW