| 100% | CITY | 4 | (2/3) Concrete jungle like the Big Apple that's always in a hustle |
| 37% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 36% | THEWESTWING | 11 | A political drama that debuted in the 90s, starring the likes of Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ONICE | 5 | Like unopened champagne that's waiting in a bucket: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still red in the middle |
| 35% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 35% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that’s deep red in the middle |
| 35% | CAPSIZED | 8 | Like a boat that's been turned over in the water |
| 35% | ACTIVE | 6 | Like a volcano that's likely to erupt in the future |
| 35% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ORAL | 4 | Like a thermometer that's put in the mouth |
| 34% | FDNY | 4 | The Big Apple's "bravest," in brief |
| 33% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Like a team that loses in the first round |
| 33% | SNUG | 4 | Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe |
| 33% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | Publication that's always in the red? |
| 32% | ARROW | 5 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! Archer's pointed weapon from a bow that is launched into the air |
| 32% | NEW | 3 | ___ York City FC, MLS team based in The Big Apple that is a member of MLS Eastern Conference |
| 32% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays a novelist kidnapped in the jungle in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 32% | PANOUT | 6 | Succeed in the end, like a scheme: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AMORE | 5 | "That's ___!" (when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie) |
| 32% | BOSTONCOLLEGE | 13 | Big East school that switched to the ACC in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Heavyweight champion who lost that title to 40-Across in 1974's famous "Rumble in the Jungle": 2 wds. |
| 32% | WARMSUP | 7 | Gets ready, like a pitcher in the bullpen: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DICKVANPATTEN | 13 | Actor who eats a hamburger in the audience in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana" video: 3 wds. |
| 32% | RAW | 3 | Like the food in a fruitarian's diet |
| 32% | UPABOVE | 7 | "___ the world so high, like a diamond in the sky": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PATCH | 5 | Cabbage ___ Kids (dolls that were a big fad in the 1980s) |
| 31% | NYNY | 4 | The Big Apple, in addresses |
| 31% | NUEVAYORK | 9 | The Big Apple, in Spanish |