Clay, now

The answer

ALI

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALI answer page.

Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALI

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALI, most used first.

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• Boxing legend - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• "Aladdin" prince - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Boxer Laila - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress MacGraw - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Boxer Muhammad - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Clay, today - used 79 times, most recently in 2015
• Comedian Wong - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Ring legend - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Foreman foe - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Will Smith biopic - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Frazier foe - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic pugilist - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves" - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Eastern name. - used 56 times, most recently in 1975
• "Rope-a-dope" boxer - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• "Thrilla in Manila" boxer - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Muhammad __ - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar winner Mahershala - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Mahershala - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Clay, later - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Ring great - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Thrilla in Manila" victor - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• 1996 Olympic torch lighter - used 31 times, most recently in 2015
• Will Smith title role - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Mahershala of "Moonlight" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• 2001 biopic - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Fatima's husband - used 28 times, most recently in 2010
• "Thrilla in Manila" winner - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Ring king - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• "Rumble in the Jungle" boxer - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Float like a butterfly" boxer - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Greatest" boxer - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Arabian Nights" name - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Boxing great Muhammad - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sting like a bee" boxer - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Ring master - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• "Moonlight" actor Mahershala - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Ryan's "Love Story" co-star - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Louisville Lip" - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Will Smith role - used 22 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Before now - AGO, used 273 times
• "Now I get it!" - AHA, used 182 times
• Up to now - YET, used 116 times
• "Now ___ seen everything!" - IVE, used 99 times
• "___ now or never!" - ITS, used 81 times
• "And now, without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 80 times

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