| TRAVISTRITT | Feb. 9, 1963, in Marietta, Georgia |
| COBB | Marietta, Georgia, is its county seat |
| OAU | Disbanded org. founded in 1963 in Addis Ababa |
| LARSULRICH | Dec. 26, 1963, in Gentofte, Denmark |
| SUPERBOWL | Event that could feature any of the athletes found in five squares in this puzzle ... and a Feb. 9, 2025, event featuring the athletes spelled out in the first letters of five Across entries and then |
| RETTA | US comedienne/ actress born Marietta Sangai Sirleaf in 1970 (5) |
| OHIOAN | Man from Marietta |
| OHIO | Its cities include Columbus, Athens and Marietta |
| NAUGHTY | Try laughing at play about Marietta (7,4) |
| GIRL | Try laughing at play about Marietta (7,4) |
| NELSONEDDY | "Naughty Marietta" costar (1935) |
| TRAMPTRAMPTRAMP | Song from "Naughty Marietta" |
| NELSON | With 96 Downm Naughty Marietta star (1935) |
| TOBAGO | Trinidad & ___ is scheduled to compete in Beijing in Feb. (6) |
| SHAKIRA | Feb. 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia |
| COOK | He was killed in Hawaii on Feb. 14, 1779 |
| DISENGAGEMENT | Separation? Quite the opposite, as announced in Feb 1981 (13) |
| FLUKE | Left Britain in Feb, shortly finding land, by chance |
| CABINFEVER | Rambling in Feb stopping potholer's winter depression? |
| VIC | Crooner ___ Damone died in Feb. (3) |
