| RAHUL | With 4-Across, Indian billionaire businessman who passed away in Feb. 2022 |
| MAGICJOHNSON | American former basketball player turned billionaire businessman who played for the Los Angeles Lakers (5,7) |
| TAJ | With 4-Across, Indian tourist attraction |
| ADANI | Indian Billionaire and second richest man in the world |
| THELIGHTS | "All of ___" (song Rihanna sang yesterday at her first full-length concert in eight years, at the wedding of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's son) |
| ALOO | With 16- Across, Indian potatoes-and-bread serving |
| IMAGINER | Fancier journal covering the full range across Indian Railways (8) |
| TYRANNY | Launch of trek - two years across Indian desert that is extremely oppressive (7) |
| BRANSON | Billionaire businessman, Richard ___ (7) |
| LEN | Billionaire businessman Blavatnik |
| MARS | Space rover Perseverance landed on this planet in Feb. (4) |
| TOBAGO | Trinidad & ___ is scheduled to compete in Beijing in Feb. (6) |
| ICE | In Feb, ponds can be covered with this! (3) |
| BURT | Composer ___ Bacharach died in Feb. at 94 (4) |
| CARL | Apollo Creed actor ___ Weathers died in Feb. at age 76 (4) |
| NISSAN | Company whose merger talks with Honda fell through in Feb. 2025 |
| HERBIE | Hancock who was one of the five performers at the Grammys last night who honored the late Quincy Jones, who passed away in November |
| ALEXTREBEK | Jeopardy host who passed away in Nov. (4,6) |
| LEGG | Dr Harold ___, iconic Walford medic who passed away in 2019 (4) |
| LATA | _ Mangeshkar, iconic Bollywood playback singer who passed away in February (4) |
