New Year's

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Across
  1. 5. - Formal outline of what might happen
  2. 8. - Sparkling drink with ceremonial status
  3. 12. - The party’s quiet audit
  4. 13. - Reverse arithmetic performed in public
  5. 16. - Decide firmly, with teeth
  6. 18. - Party device designed to be annoying on purpose
  7. 21. - Calendar system tied to a 1582 reform
  8. 22. - Review from the far side of events
  9. 24. - The future as a line you never reach
  10. 27. - Tiny celebratory litter with great confidence
  11. 28. - Month named for Janus
  12. 29. - What changes without changing facts
  13. 32. - Adjust settings for accuracy before continuing
  14. 33. - Where time pretends to be a picture
  15. 34. - What habits need and excuses kill
  16. 35. - Reason New Year arrives “early” somewhere else
  17. 37. - Yearly return of a date with emotional weight
  18. 38. - January vow with a high failure rate
Down
  1. 1. - Pyrotechnics used as punctuation for celebration
  2. 2. - Timekeeper that makes impatience visible
  3. 3. - Repeated behavior with cultural glue
  4. 4. - Restart with intent, not amnesia
  5. 6. - Times Square tradition with a falling sphere
  6. 7. - Hint of what is coming
  7. 9. - Record of events in time order
  8. 10. - New Year’s Day consequence
  9. 11. - Goal setting’s less flashy twin
  10. 14. - Ritualized congratulation, often with glasses
  11. 15. - Roman god who “faces” past and future
  12. 17. - End of one period and start of another
  13. 19. - Reference point in chronology
  14. 20. - A “year” that does not have to start in January
  15. 23. - Repetition made meaningful
  16. 25. - Looking back as practice, not nostalgia
  17. 26. - “For old times’ sake” song title
  18. 30. - Fresh start metaphor
  19. 31. - Hope with posture
  20. 34. - The day’s most symbolic minute
  21. 36. - Marker of progress, literal or symbolic