Ring king

The answer

ALI

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

Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CHAMP (6 uses in xd)
• DEMPSEY (1 uses in xd)

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• "Thrilla in Manila" boxer - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
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