| 100% | ONEMOTIME | 9 | 2:00 in New York vis-à-vis St. Louis? |
| 52% | BILLYSMITH | 10 | New York Islanders goalie who scored a goal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANTHONYWEINER | 13 | Former New York representative involved in a sexting scandal: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 50% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | MSNBC host who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Billionaire philanthropist who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HOME | 4 | "___ Alone 2: Lost in New York," comedy film starring Macaulay Culkin about a boy separated from his family in New York |
| 49% | DANADELANY | 10 | "China Beach" star who coauthored a New York Times Sunday crossword in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | "Russian Doll" actress who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RUSHINGWATERS | 13 | 2016 book by Danielle Steel about six people who come together during a Hurricane in New York City: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALONE | 5 | Home ___ 2: Lost in New York |
| 47% | SARATOGA | 8 | ___ Springs (city in New York with a horse track) |
| 47% | UPRIVER | 7 | Like St. Louis vis-à-vis New Orleans |
| 47% | TRAIN | 5 | A, B, or C, in New York City |
| 46% | ROCKETTES | 9 | Line for a show in New York? |
| 46% | ATONCE | 6 | In a New York minute |
| 46% | ASAP | 4 | In a New York minute |
| 46% | QUICKLY | 7 | In a new york minute |
| 46% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Like owning a ferret in New York City |
| 45% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 45% | GUYLAFLEUR | 10 | A former New York Rangers player who was nicknamed "The Flower" who is considered one of the greatest hockey players in history: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NELLIEBLY | 9 | Muckraker whose 1887 exposé "Ten Days in a Mad-House" exposed conditions at New York's Women's Lunatic Asylum: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RATS | 4 | Target of a new czar in New York City |
| 45% | BRONXZOO | 8 | Place to see animals in New York: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SYRACUSE | 8 | Sicily city that names a city in New York |
| 45% | STREET | 6 | Wall is a famous one in New York City |
| 45% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TAXISTANDARD | 12 | 40¢ per fifth of a mile, in New York City? |
| 44% | PARKAVENUECOUGARQUEST | 21 | Search for a cradle-robbing woman in New York City? |