| Title holder |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Top sportsperson found in Altrincham, possibly (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Title winner, casually |
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| ____ at the bit, be impatient |
The Telegraph Plusword |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Victor, for short |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2025 |
| see 10 Across (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Alternative to "sport" or "tiger" |
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| Married man hides crush |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Munch |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 May 2025 |
| Ace boxer has tea with politician |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 May 2025 |
| Title winner, casually |
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| 'The ___', 1931 King Vidor film for which Wallace Beery won Best Actor Oscar (5) |
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| Winner, casually |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Munch hot party sandwiches |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Apr 2025 |
| "You took that like a ___!" (encouraging words after a painful encounter) |
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| Munch |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Irish dish of mashed potatoes, spring onions, milk and butter |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Crush successful combatant shortly (5) |
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| UFC's Zhang Weili, for one |
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| Chew cup-holder |
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| Some champagne offered to winner (5) |
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| Winner, briefly |
|
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| The church gets a member who is the best (5) |
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| Fellow taking Frenchman to be a winner (5) |
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| Trophy winner |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Ring leader? |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Fellow takes Frenchman to be Victor (5) |
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| He's the best a politician can be, following the church (5) |
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| Bite the best man (5) |
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| Big winner |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Winner, affectionately (5) |
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| Chew cold meat quietly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Chew with the best of them! (5) |
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| Winner |
Mirror Quick |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Victor finds a politician behind church |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Nov 2024 |
| *Major titleholder, and another way to describe an all-time great |
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| Bite the bit (5) |
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| Victor, in short |
|
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| Ace boxer takes tea with politician (5) |
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| Winner, informally |
Universal |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Eat best, in short? (5) |
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| Usyk say needs minute stopping man |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Title-holder |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Irish dish of mashed potatoes, spring onions, milk and butter |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Ricky ___, played Stuart Highway in BBC soap EastEnders (5) |
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| Munch the last of your lunch in temporary quarters (5) |
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| PlusWord No 793 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Tourney winner |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Solver who has correctly identified five bottles of wine today, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Title holder, familiarly (5) |
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| Bloke coming across mile title holder |
The Times Cryptic |
08 May 2024 |
| Title winner, casually |
|
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| Autocrat with penny & pound (5) |
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| The best man is the married fellow on the outside (5) |
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| He holds a title briefly |
|
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| Title winner, briefly |
|
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| In Ulster, a dish of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeks |
|
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| Crush successful combatant |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Crush successful combatant (5) |
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| Hero |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Mar 2024 |
| 50% off sparkling wines - that's a winner! |
|
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| Victor, informally (5) |
|
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| Be eager, ... at the bit |
|
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| Winner, casually |
Universal |
09 Feb 2024 |
| The greatest way to eat? (5) |
|
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| Boxing king |
|
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| Hero male embraced by another |
|
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| Chew noisily |
|
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| Informal king of boxing |
|
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| Title holder |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Winner, for short |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Boxer with a belt |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2023 |
| G.O.A.T. material |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Munch enthusiastically |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Fellow covering miles is a winner |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Husband in army quarters is the winner |
The Guardian Quiptic |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Husband in army quarters is the winner |
|
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| Tourney winner |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Victor Hugo's beginning to get into party |
|
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| One to be dethroned |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Church member keeping a prize boxer, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Married man eats lunch noisily? |
|
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| Victor |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Title winner |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Politician after tea sees winner |
|
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| Calcutta Police initially confiscated meat for title holder |
|
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| Winner, informally |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Titleholder |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Husband in holiday area — a winner |
|
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| Any Washington Mystic, in '19 |
Universal |
03 Jul 2020 |
| Munch |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Winner taking tea with politician |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Title holder |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2020 |
| Winner has tea with politician |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Title holder |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Gold medalist, informally |
Universal |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Winner, for short |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Winner has tea with politician |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Top finisher |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Gnaw |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Ace boxer has tea with politician |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Titleholder |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Titleholder |
The Washington Post |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Top dog |
The New Yorker |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Tournament winner, for short |
|
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| Ali, thrice |
USA Today |
04 May 2019 |
| Winner of set capturing hearts |
|
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| Trophy winner |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Ali, thrice |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Trophy winner |
|
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| Munch like a horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Tourney winner |
The Washington Post |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Tourney winner |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Munch noisily; winner |
The Times Concise |
03 May 2018 |
| Winner hard to be found in group |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Belt holder |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Ring leader? |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2018 |
| Ring leader? |
The Washington Post |
25 Jan 2018 |
| Tourney winner |
|
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| Ring leader? |
|
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| Title holder |
Universal |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Top dog |
|
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| Title holder, slangily |
Canadiana |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Title holder |
|
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| Title holder |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Title-holder takes tea with politician |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Cold meat that's soft to chew |
|
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| Belt holder |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Munch |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2015 |
| Munch cold meat with pickle for starters |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Fellow bagging first of medals? |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Ali, once |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Tournament winner |
Newsday |
12 May 2015 |
| Ali, once |
|
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| Tournament winner |
|
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| Fellow boxing minute title-holder |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Foreman, before the Ali fight |
|
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| Title holder |
|
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| George Foreman, before fighting Ali |
|
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| Ultimate winner |
|
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| George Foreman, before fighting Ali |
|
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| First-prize winner |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Trophy raiser |
|
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| Tourney winner |
|
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| Contender's target |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Contender's target |
|
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| Tourney winner |
|
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| Big winner |
|
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| See 21 Across |
|
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| Victor |
|
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| Titleholder, briefly |
|
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| ___ at the bit |
|
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| First-prize recipient |
|
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| King of the hill |
|
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| Ring leader |
|
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| King of the hill |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| George Foreman, before he went to Zaire |
|
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| Ring leader? |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Belted belter |
|
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| Big winner |
|
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| Belt holder |
|
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| Title holder |
|
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| Cup bearer |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Top dog |
|
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| Title holder |
|
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| Rocky, twice |
|
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| Tourney winner |
|
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| Top dog |
|
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| Boxing sobriquet |
|
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| Belt wearer |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Creed, In "Rocky" |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Ring king |
|
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| Tournament winner |
|
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| Ali, thrice |
|
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| Victor |
|
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| Title guy |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Ring leader? |
|
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| Church member keeping a prize boxer, perhaps |
|
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| Person carried on others' shoulders |
|
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| Titleholder |
|
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| Ring leader? |
|
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| One who's number one |
|
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| Victor |
|
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| Boxer's nickname |
|
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| Work a bit |
|
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| Trophy winner |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| _____ at the bit |
|
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| Winner |
|
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| Title holder |
|
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| Munch |
|
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| Wearer of a crown |
|
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| Ring king |
|
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| Leon or Larry, e.g. |
|
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| ___ at the bit |
|
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| Top boxer |
|
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| Ali, thrice |
|
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| Woodley's "The ___": 1979 |
|
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| Best of the boxers |
|
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| Top banana, athletically |
|
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| Top banana |
|
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| Dempsey, at one time |
|
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| No. 1 person |
|
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| No. 1 athlete |
|
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| James Beauchamp Clark (1850–1921). |
|
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| Joe Louis. |
|
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| Medalist |
|
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| He's #1 |
|
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| Top heavyweight's title. |
|
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| Bite with force and noise. |
|
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| ___ at the bit. |
|
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| Munch. |
|
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| Bite and chew noisily. |
|
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| Belt holder |
|
|
| Sugar Ray's title. |
|
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| Bobo Olson. |
|
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| Winner: Colloq. |
|
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| Rocky Marciano. |
|
|
| Charles, for instance. |
|
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| The "winnah." |
|
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