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