Across
- 2. Iranian new year
- 4. first observed here 4000 years ago, in the hanging gardens perhaps
- 6. Italians wear these in red to bring good luck - not outer garments
- 8. we will shortly enter this
- 10. 5-4-3-2-1
- 11. noisy explosions to ward off evil spirits
- 12. we should also do this at midnight tonight
- 14. a promise to do better
Down
- 1. we should yell this at midnight tonight
- 3. the Thai celebrate by splashing this on each other
- 5. he established January 1 as New Years Day but twas the Juliun calendar
- 7. the first major new year celebrations are here but not an opera
- 9. in Spain they eat 12 of these for 12 happy months, before they ferment hopefully
- 13. we throw bits of paper in the air to celebrate
- 15. it drops 43m in 60 seconds and its no apple