| STAYUP | Make it to midnight on New Year's Eve, say |
| COUNTDOWN | Lead-in to midnight on December 31 |
| WATCH | New Year's Eve, say, when horologists gather? (5,5) |
| DAYTODAY | Routine for New Year's Eve, say, and January 1? |
| WATCHNIGHT | New Year's Eve, say, when horologists gather? |
| LANGSYNE | Auld - -; meaning "for old times' sake", Robert Burns' poem sung as an anthem at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve (4,4) |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Traditional Scottish folk song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve |
| SYNE | Scottish folk song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve (4,4,4) |
| LANG | Scottish folk song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve (4,4,4) |
| AULD | Scottish folk song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve (4,4,4) |
| EVE | Excitement Central, NYC: A glittery ball is lowered at Times Square each at the stroke of midnight on New Year's ___ |
| PEEK | Be naughty on Christmas Eve, say |
| BELL | It rings at midnight on Christmas Eve at church |
| TWELVE | When it's lunchtime (or midnight) on #13- |
| SINGE | It's wicked for General Electric to make it to scorch (5) |
| XII | Midnight, on a grandfather's clock |
| MAGALUF | Standard after midnight on the slide around classy Balearic resort |
| AGOG | Midnight on a journey, excited (4) |
| VERGES | Serve drunk around midnight on the outskirts (6) |
| SEADOGS | State spies protecting party at midnight on the old boat (3,4) |
