Historical clue formulations

• Greatest guy? — 2026-09-20
• ___ Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran — 2026-08-27
• 2001 biopic starring Will Smith — 2026-08-19
• Wong of Netflix's "Beef" — 2026-08-14
• He was né Clay — 2026-07-05
• Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" — 2026-05-28
• Actor Mahershala — 2026-03-21
• Estrange — 2026-03-05
• Athlete who's the subject of a museum in Louisville — 2026-03-01
• Most common last name in Somalia — 2026-02-22
• Comedian Wong — 2026-01-19
• Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up” — 2025-12-31
• Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II" — 2025-12-27
• ___ Stroker, Tony Award-winning actress in "Oklahoma!" — 2025-12-24
• Thrilla in Manila boxer — 2025-12-15
• Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" — 2025-12-14
• Comedian Wong — 2025-12-08
• Comedian Wong — 2025-11-30
• Comic actress Wong — 2025-10-20
• He was né Clay — 2025-09-28
• ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe" — 2025-09-14
• Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef" — 2025-07-23
• Boxer who "stung like a bee" — 2025-06-16
• Undefeated boxer Laila — 2025-06-04
• Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist — 2025-05-08
• Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic — 2025-05-01
• Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___ — 2025-02-12
• "Beef" star Wong — 2025-01-28
• 2001 boxing biopic — 2024-12-03
• ___ Baba — 2024-11-11
• Boxer who lit the cauldron at the 1996 Olympics — 2024-10-07
• Oscar winner Mahershala — 2024-08-26
• Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums — 2024-05-16
• Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon — 2024-04-18
• Boxer Muhammad — 2024-04-15
• Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue — 2024-04-02
• See 30-Down — 2024-03-24
• Oscar winner Mahershala — 2024-02-27
• Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River — 2024-02-15
• Actress Wong — 2024-02-14
• See 50-Across — 2024-01-24
• Athlete who boasted "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast; I'm pretty and can't possibly be beat" — 2024-01-16
• ___ Stroker, Tony-winning actress for 2019's "Oklahoma!" — 2024-01-13
• Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight" — 2023-12-05
• Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring — 2023-11-22
• Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom" — 2023-11-07
• "___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" — 2023-10-30
• 2001 biopic starring Will Smith — 2023-10-22
• Comedian Wong — 2023-09-12
• Boxing family surname — 2023-08-29