TIMESSQUARE

Busy area of Manhattan (and the theme of this puzzle)

• *Scene of an annual ball-dropping

• Ball-dropping site

• Gary Burton jazz album of 1978

• Its marquees can be fantastic! (5,6)

• Manhattan attraction

• Media focus each 12/31

• New Year's Eve hot spot

• News Year's Eve mob scene

• Timely site

• Where crowds will gather this evening

• Where some are on December 31

• Where the ball is dropped