100% | GRAPES | 6 | Twelve ___, Spanish New Year tradition to bring in a year of prosperity |
64% | GRAPES | 6 | Twelve ___, fruits eaten as a Spanish New Year's Eve tradition to bring luck to each month of the new year |
39% | REUNION | 7 | A __ dinner is a New Year's Eve tradition in China |
39% | MISTLETOE | 9 | Plant kept under the pillow by singletons in an Irish New Year's Eve tradition to help them dream of their future partners |
38% | COLLARD | 7 | ___ greens (food in a New Year's tradition) |
37% | PEAS | 4 | Black-eyed ___ (food in a New Year's tradition) |
37% | POLKA | 5 | ___ dots, pattern worn on New Year's Eve in the Philippines to welcome prosperity |
36% | WAVES | 5 | Jumping seven ___, Brazilian New Year's Eve tradition meant to bring good luck |
35% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
35% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
35% | GREETINGS | 9 | Part two of a way to wish loved ones during Christmas and New Years |
35% | SEASONS | 7 | Part one of a way to wish loved ones during Christmas and New Years |
35% | EXCHANGINGRINGS | 15 | Sharing in a symbol of commitment … or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
35% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
34% | SNEAK | 5 | How a couple of 15 year-olds would get in to see an NC-17 movie |
34% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
34% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day spectacle ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
34% | LUNCH | 5 | Something to bring in a brown paper bag |
34% | IFEAR | 5 | Lead-in to a bit of bad news |
34% | ALAS | 4 | Lead-in to a bit of sad news |
34% | VANESSANAKATE | 13 | Author of “A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis” |
34% | CHASE | 5 | Try to catch in a game of tag |
34% | REMAN | 5 | Bring in a new staff for |
34% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
34% | CAMERASHY | 9 | Not inclined to be in a lot of photos |
33% | LAMPARD | 7 | Frank ___, former Chelsea midfielder who moved to New York City FC in 2015 to be a part of MLS |
33% | RECAST | 6 | Bring in a new actor as a replacement |
33% | MAY | 3 | Fifth in a series of twelve |
33% | MONTHS | 6 | There are twelve in a year |
33% | REENACT | 7 | Bring to life, in a way |