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Frank "___" Fiegel, laborer from Illinois who is believed to have inspired the character of Popeye — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 17 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
ROCKY
5 letters
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January 17 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword January 17 2026
ROCKY
"___ II," Sylvester Stallone sequel that starts exactly where the original stopped: in the immediate aftermath of Creed's victory
ROCKY
5
"The ___ Horror Show," Richard O'Brien's Broadway musical that premiered in the '70s, featuring hits like "Time Warp" and "Dammit Janet"
ROCKY
5
___ road ice cream
ROCKY
5
Boxing film where Sylvester Stallone famously says, "... it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward"
ROCKY
5
"___ IV," 1985 sports drama starring Sylvester Stallone as a boxer preparing to face the Soviets' champion
ROCKY
5
Sylvester Stallone film where he performed all the fight scenes
ROCKY
5
Sports drama film about an underdog boxer who bouts with one of the best boxers giving him tough competition
ROCKY
5
1976 sports drama film starring Burgess Meredith as a boxing trainer, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination
ROCKY
5
"I Love ___ Road," 1983 "sweet" song by "Weird Al" Yankovic that parodied a cover by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
ROCKY
5
___, official mascot for the Denver Nuggets NBA team that was first seen in 1990
ROCKY
5
___ Marciano, professional boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1952 and 1956
ROCKY
5
Camp beds (rhymes with "dots")
COTS
4
Curved shape, like that of a rainbow
ARC
3
Mediterranean ___ (Greece's beach waters)
SEA
3
Leave out on purpose
OMIT
4
Sound on a dairy farm
MOO
3
On a scale of one to ___
TEN
3
Grandma, affectionately
NANA
4
Bones in a chest cage
RIBS
4
Ctrl+___+Del (PC reboot combo)
ALT
3
The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift's nostalgic tour)
ERAS
4
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