| "Rope-a-dope" pugilist | 32 |
| ''Thrilla in Manila'' winner | 44 |
| ''The Greatest'' | 32 |
| US Women's soccer star Krieger | 34 |
| Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics | 37 |
| Three-time heavyweight boxing champ | 35 |
| The self-proclaimed "Greatest" | 40 |
| Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky | 43 |
| She was Jenny in "Love Story" | 39 |
| Self-proclaimed ''Greatest'' | 44 |
| Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari | 36 |
| Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center | 36 |
| Lindsay Lohan's younger sister | 34 |
| Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei | 35 |
| Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei | 33 |
| Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics | 34 |
| He used to "sting like a bee" | 39 |
| HBO's "Da ___ G Show" | 35 |
| Frazier's Fight of the Century foe | 38 |
| Foreman's one-time superior? | 32 |
| First three-time heavyweight champ | 34 |
| CNN's "Your Money" host Velshi | 44 |
| Champ who could "sting like a bee" | 44 |
| Boxing biopic starring Will Smith | 33 |
| Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest" | 40 |
| BBC's Sports Personality of the Century | 43 |
| Baba of "The Arabian Nights" | 38 |
| Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace | 39 |
| Arabic name meaning ''exalted'' | 47 |
| Arabic for ''the highest'' | 42 |
| Actress Larter of "Heroes" | 36 |
| "When We Were Kings" star | 35 |
| "When We Were Kings" king | 35 |
| "The Thousand and One Nights" hero | 44 |
| "The Greatest" subject | 32 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" victor | 39 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" participant | 44 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" fighter | 40 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" champ | 38 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" boxer | 38 |
| "Rope-a-dope" practitioner | 36 |
| "I am the greatest" speaker | 37 |
| "I am the greatest" claimant | 38 |
| "Fight of the Century" contender | 42 |
| "Arabian Nights" figure ___ Baba | 42 |
| "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves" | 42 |
| ''The Greatest'' in the ring | 44 |
| ''Aladdin'' prince | 34 |
| ___ Khamenei (supreme leader of Iran) | 37 |
| Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader | 48 |
| Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh | 32 |
| Yemen president ___ Abdullah Saleh | 34 |
| World Heavyweight Champion, once | 32 |
| World champion of 1964-67, 1974-78 and 1978-79 | 46 |
| Woodcutter in a children's story | 36 |
| Winner of the "Thrilla in Manila" | 43 |
| Winner in Mailer's "The Fight" | 44 |
| Winner at Madison Square Garden: Sept. 1977 | 43 |
| U.N. Messenger of Peace appointee in 1998 | 41 |
| Turkish military governor ___ Pasha | 35 |
| True successor to the prophet, in Shiism | 40 |
| Torch lighter at the 1996 Olympics | 34 |
| Three-time '60s-'70s heavyweight champ | 46 |
| The self-proclaimed ''Greatest'' | 48 |
| The prophet Muhammed's cousin | 33 |
| The Fight of the Century fighter | 32 |
| Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" | 46 |
| Successor to the Prophet, in Islam | 34 |
| Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites | 33 |
| Subject of the book "Sting Like a Bee" | 48 |
| Subject of a museum in Louisville | 33 |
| Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary | 43 |
| Steve calls her Slim in "The Getaway" | 47 |
| Star of "The Greatest" | 32 |
| Spinks's opponent in two title fights | 41 |
| Soundtrack for Will Smith boxing movie | 38 |
| Some say he really is the greatest | 34 |
| She played Jennifer in "Love Story" | 45 |
| Self-proclaimed "greatest" of the ring | 48 |
| Self-proclaimed "Greatest" | 36 |
| Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego ___ G | 39 |
| Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da __ G Show" | 48 |
| Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G | 33 |
| Ryan's girl in "Love Story" | 41 |
| Ryan's 'Love Story' co-star | 39 |
| Ryan's Love Story co-star | 35 |
| Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire" | 45 |
| Role in Rabaud's "Mârouf" | 42 |
| Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5 | 44 |
| Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law | 33 |
| Possibly the world's most famous man | 40 |
| Oscar-nominated role for Will Smith | 35 |
| One called "The Lion of God" | 38 |
| Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta | 32 |
| Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996 | 35 |
| Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania | 44 |
| Memorable press-conference rhymer | 33 |
| MacGraw of "The Getaway" | 34 |
| MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" | 40 |
| MacGraw of ''Love Story'' | 41 |