| 100% | LUELLA | 6 | ___ Bates, first woman truck driver to receive a New York driver's license (1920) |
| 41% | EDER/LE | 7 | First woman to receive her own New York City ticker-tape parade (1926) |
| 35% | NPR | 3 | Media network for Susan Stamberg, the first woman to anchor a nightly news program in the U.S. |
| 33% | HARRIETQUIMBY | 13 | First woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel (2 wds.) |
| 33% | YENTL | 5 | Movie for which Barbra Streisand became the first ever woman to receive a Golden Globe as Best Director |
| 33% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 32% | DMV | 3 | Place to get a driver's license |
| 32% | DMV | 3 | Place to get a driver's license: Abbr. |
| 32% | DMV | 3 | Place to renew a driver's license: Abbr. |
| 32% | DMV | 3 | Where to renew a driver's license: Abbr. |
| 32% | DMV | 3 | Where to get a driver's license: Abbr. |
| 31% | CRONKITE | 8 | First person outside NASA to receive a moon-rock award, 2006 |
| 31% | NEXTSTOPTIMESSQUARE | 19 | Order to nab a New York newspaper nerd now? |
| 31% | BLACKWELL | 9 | Elizabeth __, first woman in US to become a doctor |
| 31% | COMANECI | 8 | First Olympic gymnast to receive a 10 |
| 31% | IDALUPINO | 9 | First woman to direct a film noir (1953's "The Hitch-Hiker") |
| 31% | KATHY | 5 | Hochul who will become New York's first woman governor |
| 31% | AGE | 3 | What a driver’s license might be used to confirm |
| 31% | OCTAVIABUTLER | 13 | First science-fiction author to receive a MacArthur “genius” grant |
| 31% | CENTRALPARK | 11 | New York City tourist attraction, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | TEST | 4 | What you need to take to get a driver's license |
| 30% | APP | 3 | What some people use to solve a New York Times crossword |
| 30% | HEIRESS | 7 | Woman destined to receive a fortune after a death |
| 30% | TAXI | 4 | "___ Driver" (DeNiro film featuring a New York City cab) |
| 30% | CONNIECHUNG | 11 | First woman to co-anchor CBS Evening News |
| 30% | ERIE | 4 | ___ Canal (waterway that connects a Great Lake to New York's Hudson River) |
| 29% | VERRAZANO | 9 | First European to enter New York Bay |
| 29% | CARRIERPIGEONNAMEDGIJOE | 23 | The first non-British to receive Britain's Dickin Medal for Gallantry was a _____ |
| 29% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Waterway that connects a Great Lake to New York's Hudson River: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ICAHN | 5 | Billionaire who lent his name to a stadium on New York's Randalls Island |