| Pugilist (5) |
Mirror Classic |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Pugilist |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2025 |
| *Someone who's always taking jabs at you? |
New York Times Mini |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Pugilist (5) |
Mirror Classic |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Athlete paid to punch |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2025 |
| The 1963 film 55 Days at Peking recounts which famous rebellion? (5) |
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| Person crating a dog (5) |
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| 40 Across in Animal Farm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Nickname of TD Kevin Moran. (5) |
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| Fighter, with gloves (5) |
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| South African holding unknown dog |
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| Square-jawed canine |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2025 |
| The dog for a pugilist |
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| Pugilist |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 May 2025 |
| Dog aptly named "Punch"? (5) |
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| A gloved fighter (5) |
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| South African sheltering unknown dog |
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| Coming back with "Rex, old boy, is the dog" (5) |
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| Dog possibly sitting in the corner? |
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| Pugilist |
Mirror Classic |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Sportsman takes package to equipment room, initially (5) |
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| Athlete in a ring |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Bore out about the unknown person being a fighter (5) |
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| Cross inside bore off the dog (5) |
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| Athlete in a weight class |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Person packing up pugilism? (5) |
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| Athlete with walk-on music, often |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Mar 2025 |
| James Earl Jones's role in "The Great White Hope" |
LA Times Mini |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Pugilist |
Mirror Classic |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Foreman, for one |
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| Smooth-haired breed of dog (5) |
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| Fighter who wears gloves |
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| Stocky dog |
LA Times Mini |
02 Jan 2025 |
| [54] Brought forth tailless dog (5) |
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| Horse in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm based on Soviet miner Alexei Stakhanov (5) |
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| A possible heavyweight among engine types (5) |
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| Christina ..... , 1982 Commonwealth Games 1,500m gold medallist (5) |
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| Pugilist |
Mirror Classic |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Stocky dog |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Old Dutch saves kiss for dog |
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| Joseph Parker, for example (5) |
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| Be right about the animal being a dog (5) |
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| South African sheltering unknown pugilist |
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| Dog - hit her, but not hard |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2024 |
| One who fights doggedly? (5) |
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| Name given to the uprising by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in China between 1899 and 1901 (5,9) |
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| Pugilist |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Pugilist |
Mirror Classic |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Ring figure |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Dog responsible for a rebellion in the pet shop? (5) |
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| Pug, or larger breed (5) |
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| Pugilist(5) |
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| "In the clearing stands a ___ and a fighter by his trade..." (5) |
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| He may stand up for another's rights (5) |
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| Pugilist |
Mirror Classic |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Dog in a ring? (5) |
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| Bore off in it a cross dog (5) |
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| Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, for one |
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| Loose underpants, ... shorts |
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| Prizefight participant |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2024 |
| Fighter with whom the old enemy is about to get cross! (5) |
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| Dog with gloves on? (5) |
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| One packing up pugilism? (5) |
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| Is he just a cardboard sort of fighter? (5) |
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| A medium-sized smooth-haired breed of dog with a short nose and a docked tail |
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| Possibly champion dog (5) |
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| Pugilist |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Mar 2024 |
| He fights for a dog (5) |
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| The untiring carthorse in Animal Farm who said, "I must work harder" and, "Napoleon is always right" |
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| Is this dog a pug? (5) |
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| Athlete in the ring |
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| Lightweight or heavyweight dog? (5) |
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| Pugilist |
The Times Concise |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Dog that's used to having scraps? (5) |
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| Breed of dog or fighter |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Josh Taylor, say (5) |
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| Medium-sized smooth-haired breed of dog with a short nose and a docked tail |
Mirror Quiz |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Joe Calzaghe, eg |
Mirror Tea Time |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Dog with a short nose and a docked tail (5) |
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| Stocky dog |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Athlete in a ring |
Universal |
22 Oct 2023 |
| One likely to whine, produce howl or jabber? |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, for one |
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| See 104-Across |
Premier Sunday |
05 Feb 2023 |
| One serving punch? … or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2022 |
| One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2022 |
| Athlete who wears gloves |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Ring competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, for one |
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| Pugilist |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Mar 2022 |
| Dog fighter |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Dutch settler caging cross dog |
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| Athlete who may be saved by the bell |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Homer Simpson's job on the episode "The Homer They Fall" that involved throwing punches |
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| Fighter backing king of Britain at outset |
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| Pugilist |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Bright, loyal breed |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2021 |
| Bright, loyal breed |
The Washington Post |
08 May 2021 |
| Source of howl, bark and jabber |
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| Pugilist |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Pugilist |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2021 |
| One picks up purse after fighting dog |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Fighter // dog |
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| One in trunks |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Dog; pugilist |
The Times Concise |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Chaotic situation, metaphorically |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2020 |
| The shire horse of Animal Farm |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Golden Gloves entrant |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Jabber? |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2019 |
| __ shorts |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2019 |
| __ shorts |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2019 |
| Dog likely to fight? |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Pugilist |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Pugilist |
The Times Concise |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Golden Gloves entrant |
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| Jabber? |
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| __ shorts |
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| Ring master |
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| One who wears gloves and fights in the ring |
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| Dog fight with monarch |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Nov 2018 |
| Lightweight worker in goods packing? |
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| Dog, oriental one hostile to foreigners, revolting? |
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| Dog beginning to bark at high fence |
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| One wearing gloves to work |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2018 |
| One wearing gloves to work |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Ring master? |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2018 |
| Ring master |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Rocky or Apollo, in "Rocky" |
USA Today |
05 Feb 2018 |
| One with red gloves, maybe |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Way of describing crater? Rocky, say |
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| Ring master? |
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| One wearing gloves to work |
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| Square-muzzled dog |
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| Rocky or Apollo, in "Rocky" |
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| Ali or Frazier |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Dog; fighter |
The Times Concise |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Ring figure |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Oct 2017 |
| Mike Tyson or Tyson Fury |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Underwear rebellion? |
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| Speed-bag user |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Descendant of the English Bulldog |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Mike Tyson or Tyson Fury |
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| Descendant of the English Bulldog |
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| Rocky Balboa was one |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Ring combatant |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Pug dog |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Pugilist |
Universal |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Stocky dog |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Louis or Lewis, e.g |
Jonesin |
29 Mar 2016 |
| Snub-nosed dog |
The Washington Post |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Stocky dog |
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| Rocky Balboa was one |
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| Pugilist |
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| Hit man? |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Prizefighter |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Rocky, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Dog may have a second helping |
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| Breed of stocky short-haired dog |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Ring competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Professional fighter |
Newsday |
25 May 2015 |
| Crossed lines in historical enemy fighter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Apr 2015 |
| 2016 Senate retiree-to-be |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2015 |
| *One working on a canvas? |
New York Times |
17 Feb 2015 |
| Hit man? |
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| Balboa or Creed |
|
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| *One working on a canvas? |
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| Professional fighter |
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| Prizefighter |
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| 2016 Senate retiree-to-be |
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| Sort of robe carried by Mary Kom say |
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| Golden Gloves contestant |
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| Lord of the ring? |
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| 16 with shorts |
|
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| Either of two illustrious Sugar Rays |
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| Rocky, for one |
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| Stocky dog breed |
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| One sparring |
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| Rocky, for one |
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| Muscular canine |
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| Member of a 19th-century Chinese secret society |
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| *Jake LaMotta, e.g. |
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| *Jake LaMotta, e.g. |
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| Ring competitor |
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| Ring competitor |
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| Golden Gloves contestant |
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| Vitali Klitschko, e.g. |
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| Glove wearer |
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| Glove wearer |
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| Ring figure |
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| Tyson or Holyfield |
|
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| Round person? |
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| Stocky dog |
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| Lord of the rings? |
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| Jockey alternative |
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| Ring swinger |
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| With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told" |
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| Ring swinger |
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| One working on a canvas? |
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| Pugilist |
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| With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told" |
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| Western senator since 1993 |
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| One who practices his art on canvas |
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| One who works on canvas |
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| Ali, for one |
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| Western senator since 1993 |
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| Secret China society |
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| Working dog |
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| One in a ring |
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| One may be counted out |
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| Golden Gloves competitor |
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| Pug, e.g. |
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| Title seeker |
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| A palooka is a bad one |
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| One may be counted out |
|
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| Square-jawed dog |
|
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| Félix Trinidad, for one |
|
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| One in the ring |
|
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| Square-jawed dog |
|
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| Pug-faced dog, fittingly |
|
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| Well-rounded athlete? |
|
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| Round figure? |
|
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| Filmdom's Rocky, e.g. |
|
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| Arena antagonist |
|
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| Crater |
|
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| Joe Louis was one |
|
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| Ali, e.g. |
|
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| Member of a working breed |
|
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| See 19-Across |
|
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| Round figure? |
|
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| Rocky, for one |
|
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| Feinstein's colleague |
|
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| Foreman, e.g. |
|
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| Simon and Garfunkel classic, with "The: |
|
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| Hit man? |
|
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| Simon and Garfunkel classic, with "The: |
|
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| Stocky dog breed |
|
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| Marciano or Graziano |
|
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| Either of two illustrious Sugar Rays |
|
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| Ring competitor |
|
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| Pugilist |
|
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| Ring master? |
|
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| Oscar de la Hoya, for example |
|
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| Rocky Balboa, for one |
|
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| Square ring denizen |
|
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| Tyson or Holyfield |
|
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| Kind of shorts |
|
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| Ringmaster? |
|
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| Onetime Chinese rebel |
|
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| Ring master |
|
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| Louis or Ali |
|
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| Prizefighter |
|
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| Holmes or Hagler |
|
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| Chinese rebellion: 1900 |
|
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| Chinese rebel of 1900 |
|
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| Short-haired dog |
|
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| Ali, for one |
|
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| Dog. |
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| Athlete. |
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| Glove man |
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| Jabber? |
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