| RUIZ | Andy ____ Jr., U.S. heavyweight boxer of Mexican heritage born in 1989 nicknamed The Destroyer (4) |
| ANDYRUIZ | U.S. heavyweight boxer of Mexican heritage nicknamed Destroyer (4,4) |
| RAND | Jr. U.S. Senator Paul |
| EFREM | Mr. Zimbalist Jr., U.S. actor who starred in 77 Sunset Strip (5) |
| CINCODEMAYO | Annual celebration of Mexican heritage |
| ROCKY | Heavyweight boxer of several stones? (5) |
| FOREVERFOR | '93 Harry Connick Jr. U.K. comp. "___ Now" |
| FRAZIER | Joe, U.S. heavyweight boxer who lost to Muhammad Ali in the Thrilla In Manila in 1975 (7) |
| JESS | ***** Glynne, English singer-songwriter born in 1989 (4) |
| DAVE | ___ Bautista Dune actor who portrayed Drax the Destroyer in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy |
| SIVA | The destroyer, one of the three chief divinities of the later Hindu pantheon |
| ALIA | Shawkat who was born in 1989 |
| TYSON | Mike, U.S. heavyweight boxer whose last professional fight was a loss to Irish boxer Kevin McBride in 2005 (5) |
| CORBETT | James J., U.S. heavyweight boxer born in 1866 whose nickname was Gentleman Jim (7) |
| SHAVERS | Earnie, late U.S. heavyweight boxer born in 1944 noted for his hard punching (7) |
| LOUIS | Joe _ _ _ _ _ , U.S. heavyweight boxer nicknamed the Brown Bomber (5) |
| GREATEST | The ____, a nickname of U.S. heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali (8) |
| LISTON | Sonny, U.S. heavyweight boxer nicknamed The Big Bear (6) |
| DRAX | ___ the Destroyer (Dave Bautista's role in the MCU) |
| DEONTAY | ___Wilder, U.S. heavyweight boxer who lost to Tyson Fury in 2020 (7) |
