Peace Corps New Year's Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Cone-shaped accessory
  2. 3. Evidence of a good time
  3. 5. Audible sign of change
  4. 8. Night before
  5. 10. Precedes “Happy New Year!”
  6. 11. Brief speech, briefly
  7. 14. Barroom truth-tellers, often
  8. 17. Conceptual reset
  9. 19. New leaf, perhaps
  10. 20. January vow, often broken
  11. 21. Watched intensely at 11:59
  12. 23. Ring in the new year, perhaps
  13. 26. Televised tradition since 1907
  14. 27. Pop culture staple?
  15. 30. Time-defining moment
  16. 31. Traditional midnight gesture
  17. 33. Year-in-review material
  18. 34. Button for reflection
  19. 36. Common New Year’s aim
  20. 38. Ten-year span
  21. 40. Start-over spirit
  22. 43. Zero hour
  23. 44. January first reality
  24. 46. Loud punctuation for the calendar
  25. 47. Where the year ends
  26. 48. Scottish greeting
Down
  1. 2. Look back
  2. 4. It keeps running, regardless
  3. 6. Moment of reflection
  4. 7. Reason midnight comes early (or late)
  5. 9. It passes quickly
  6. 12. “Auld Lang Syne,” e.g.
  7. 13. Message to the future
  8. 14. What clocks do next
  9. 15. A named era
  10. 16. Often made, easily broken
  11. 18. Sound of anticipation
  12. 22. Fresh start, metaphorically
  13. 24. God with a backward glance
  14. 25. End-of-year pressure
  15. 28. Morning after scene
  16. 29. Writer’s year in review?
  17. 32. What the new year offers
  18. 33. Scottish celebration
  19. 35. Small but bright celebrant
  20. 37. Famous countdown locale
  21. 39. Planner’s necessity
  22. 41. Notable moment in time
  23. 42. Look ahead
  24. 45. End-of-year feature