(HELEN) FIELDING, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY — I think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day... because it's an extension of New Year's Eve... It would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.
| A. | Mood of many people on the night of 12/31 | FESTIVITY |
| B. | Fashionable, chic (2 wds.) | INSTYLE |
| C. | What shouldn't be thrown in basketball games | ELBOWS |
| D. | Noir classic with Gene Tierney | LAURA |
| E. | River through four European capitals | DANUBE |
| F. | Topic of songs by William Blake | INNOCENCE |
| G. | Bother | NUISANCE |
| H. | Deteriorate, be ruined (3 wds.) | GOTOPOT |
| I. | Halftime performer at the 2013 Super Bowl | BEYONCE |
| J. | Feel a connectedness | RELATE |
| K. | Material for aromatherapy | INCENSE |
| L. | Stand-in or stunt performer, maybe | DOUBLE |
| M. | Honest-to-goodness | GENUINE |
| N. | Not touch | ESCHEW |
| O. | "We shall your ____ ground with your red blood discolour" ("Henry V") | TAWNY |
| P. | Factor affecting the length of a cross-country flight (2 wds.) | JETSTREAM |
| Q. | Location of Ole Miss | OXFORD |
| R. | "Hey diddle diddle" or "Fee, fi, fo, fum" | NONSENSE |
| S. | Regimen often started on 1/2 | EXERCISE |
| T. | Someone who might set a date to quit | SMOKER |
| U. | Monk portrayer on TV | SHALHOUB |
| V. | One of "two American kids" in a 1982 John Cougar Mellencamp hit | DIANE |
| W. | Key ... or a homophone for part of a shoe | ISLET |
| X. | U.S. capital named for a British dukedom | ALBANY |
| Y. | Southpaw's opposite | RIGHTY |
| Z. | Event that doesn't at all excite | YAWNER |