| 100% | LEE | 3 | ___ Highway, old auto route from New York City to San Francisco |
| 43% | LEE | 3 | ___ Highway, classic New York-to-San Francisco route |
| 41% | DTRAIN | 6 | New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island |
| 38% | ALASKADAILY | 11 | ABC drama starring 18-Across, 25-Across, and 35-Across about a journalist who moves from New York City to Anchorage (2 wds.) |
| 38% | PIC | 3 | Amtrak code for the Pearl River County stop on "The Crescent" on its route from New York to New Orleans |
| 37% | GIANTS | 6 | Team from San Francisco or New York |
| 36% | WEST | 4 | Toward Chicago, from New York City |
| 36% | BIRTHPLACE | 10 | New York City, to Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| 35% | HUDSON | 6 | Sight from New York City's Riverside Park |
| 35% | FDR | 3 | New York City highway, with "the" |
| 35% | USONE | 5 | Auto route from Me. to Fla. |
| 35% | DOWNSTATE | 9 | Like New York City, to Albany |
| 35% | COLUMBUSCIR | 11 | Distances from New York City are measured from it |
| 34% | UTICA | 5 | New York city with a name from antiquity |
| 34% | EAST | 4 | Direction from New York to Spain |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | ___ Canal (water route that links New York City to the Great Lakes) |
| 34% | ITHACA | 6 | New York city that's home to Cornell University |
| 33% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough that's home to the Yankees |
| 33% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Borough of New York City; Beckhams' eldest son |
| 33% | HEADWEST | 8 | Move from New York to Los Angeles, say |
| 33% | CADILLAC | 8 | Car manufacturer famous for Escalade, CTS and DeVille, operating from New York City |
| 33% | NETS | 4 | Brooklyn ___, NBA team from New York City, whose former members include Jason Kidd |
| 33% | KIPSBAY | 7 | Site of a 1776 battle that gave New York City to the British |
| 33% | JFK | 3 | New York City airport that's an alternative to LaGuardia: Abbr. |
| 33% | EDKOCH | 6 | Key figure in saving New York City from bankruptcy |
| 33% | GIULIANI | 8 | Rudolph —, mayor of New York City from 1994-2001 |
| 33% | FLEWSOLO | 8 | What Lindbergh famously did from New York to Paris |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan |
| 33% | SEVENHOUR | 9 | Like a typical flight from New York to London |
| 33% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |