| HAPPYNEWYEAR | Celebratory shout heard before "Auld Lang Syne" is played, and an apt title for this puzzle? |
| AULD | "___ Lang Syne" (New Year's Eve tune) |
| PASSTHEPARCEL | Game where music is played and suddenly stopped (4,3,6) |
| SAME | Word heard before and after old |
| NEVER | Word heard before and after "say" |
| LIONAROUND | Answer to the joke "What is the lazy pride member known for?," and an apt title for this puzzle? |
| THECOLORPURPLE | 2023 musical film produced bym Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, and an apt title for this puzzle |
| ILOVE | Words before "New York" and "Paris," in song titles |
| VICE | Word before "president" and after "Miami" |
| YOULIEDTOME | Words before "Yes, I cried, yes I cried" in "Return of the Mack" |
| ITSAFIRST | "Haven't seen that before," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| PLACEMENTEXAM | Requirement for many a private school, and an apt title for this puzzle |
| LETSDANCE | Classic David Bowie song with the lyric "Put on your red shoes," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| STAY | Directive before "awake" or "woke" |
| TURN | Word before "the tables" or "the tide" |
| PALE | Word before "Blue Eyes" or "Blue Dot" in titles |
| EST | Abbr. before "1895" on the "Cheers" bar sign |
| UNDER | Word before "the radar" or "the weather" |
| OUTER | Word before "space" or "ear" |
| ONEWAYORANOTHER | Title rock lyric before "I'm gonna find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya" |
