| MUHAMMAD | Louisville Lip, The Greatest, _ Ali (8) |
| PILCHARD | With a curl of the lip, the cleaning lady starts dealing with the fish (8) |
| OPE | "... when I ___ my lips...": "The Merchant of Venice" |
| WEAKNESS | "What is your greatest ___?" (interview question) |
| TREASON | "The last temptation is the greatest ___: to do the right deed for the wrong reason." (Murder in the Cathedral, T S Eliot) |
| CITY | "So if New York ___ is the greatest ___ on the globe, that makes me the greatest mayor on the globe": Eric Adams |
| OUTDOOR | The Stampede is also known as The Greatest ___ Show on Earth (7) |
| RAPPER | "The Greatest ___ Alive" by Lil Wayne |
| DAY | The Greatest ___, Take That hit (3) |
| SHOWMAN | The Greatest ___, 2017 Hugh Jackman film (7) |
| DANCER | BBC talent contest with Jordan Banjo, The Greatest _ (6) |
| LIAR | "Success has always been the greatest ___": Nietzsche |
| ALI | Known as The Greatest, The Champ, The Louisville Lip or, occasionally, by his birth name, Cassius Cl |
| SHOWON | "The Greatest ___ Earth" |
| OFEASE | "... with the greatest ___" |
| LOOKALIVE | Pay attention, O.K.? The Louisville Lip is in love (4,5) |
| MUHAMMADALI | World heavyweight champ nicknamed the Louisville Lip for his Kentucky hometown: 2 wds. |
| ALKALI | Louisville Lip house cocktail, with heart of cantaloupe, turns blue (6) |
| LIP | The "Louisville ___": Ali |
| BAVARIAN | 'Canada's Greatest ___ Festival' (How #58-Across is dubbed) |
