100% | HOO | 3 | "Woo-___! Here's to the new year!" |
68% | BALLDROP | 8 | Iconic Times Square start to the New Year |
64% | BALLDROP | 8 | New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ___: 2 wds. |
64% | COAL | 4 | Traditional Scottish New Year's gift, representing warmth for the year to come |
63% | POLKA | 5 | ___ dots, pattern worn on New Year's Eve in the Philippines to welcome prosperity |
61% | LOSEWEIGHT | 10 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues |
61% | FIVE | 4 | Last digit in the New Year we're about to welcome: 2025 |
59% | MDI | 3 | Year Vespucci sailed to the New World |
59% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese holiday to celebrate the New Year |
59% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day spectacle ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
55% | EVE | 3 | New Year's ___ (final day of the year) |
55% | CHANGEFORTHEBETTOR | 18 | Gambler's desire for the New Year? |
54% | TVSPECIAL | 9 | Seasonal festive broadcast at the New Year |
53% | RINGIN | 6 | ___ the new year (celebrate) |
53% | SPOT | 4 | "This is a perfect ___ to watch the New Year's fireworks" |
53% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | New Year Eve's finale that starts the next year |
53% | AULD | 4 | Word with which to laud the new year |
53% | DAILYMAIL | 9 | London's analog to the New York Post |
52% | AREA | 4 | "They're new to the ___" ("They just moved here") |
52% | WINTERARC | 9 | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
52% | NINETEEN | 8 | With 56-Across, The New Yorker’s founding year |
52% | NYT | 3 | "All the news that's fit to print" initials |
52% | LETSSTART | 9 | "___ the New Year Right," a song about New Year's by Bing Crosby: 2 wds. |
52% | RANGIN | 6 | Welcomed, as the New Year |
52% | SAWIN | 5 | Greeted, as the New Year |
52% | RINGIN | 6 | Greet, as the new year |
52% | RINGIN | 6 | Welcome, as the new year |
52% | RINGSIN | 7 | Welcomes, as the new year |
52% | RINGIN | 6 | Herald, as the new year |
52% | SEESIN | 6 | Celebrates, as the New Year |