News Year's Eve mob scene
Else clues• *Scene of an annual ball-dropping
• Ball-dropping site
• Busy area of Manhattan (and the theme of this puzzle)
• 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
• Timely site
• Where crowds will gather this evening
• Where some are on December 31
• Where the ball is dropped