Max of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (4 letters)

Horn-nosed beast, briefly (5 letters)

Dempsey challenger: 1923 (5 letters)

Colossus (5 letters)

Sen. Kennedy's middle name (5 letters)

William Howard ___ (4 letters)

A predecessor of Holmes (3 letters)

A Cassini (4 letters)

The Greatest (3 letters)