Crossword puzzle clue "hint about new album"

Hint about new album

Hint (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)

"Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (classic 1971 children's book based on experiments at the National Insistute of Mental Health, hint hint)

Something your poetry teacher might assign you to write about a particularly inspirational poetry teacher you've had *hint* *hint

Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers

Singer McCartney with the new album "New"

New York City tourist attraction, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

New York or New Jersey, but not New England