| 100% | ANNADELVEY | 10 | Assumed name of a con artist who infiltrated wealthy New York society |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Great Lake and a New York canal |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Pennsylvania city and a New York canal |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a New York canal, lake, county, and people |
| 35% | STATEN | 6 | Part of a New York borough name |
| 33% | JACOBJAVITS | 11 | Longtime New York senator for whom a center is named |
| 32% | INVENTINGANNA | 13 | Shonda Rhimes miniseries starring 18-Across and 42-Across based on the true story of a con artist who pretended to be an heiress (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ASTORIA | 7 | Half of a deluxe New York hotel name (and a neighborhood of Queens) |
| 32% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 32% | ROBINSONCANO | 12 | New York Yankees second baseman who was named MVP of the 2013 World Baseball Classic: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a three-time M.V.P who is a New York Yankee legend: Hyph. |
| 31% | BANKSY | 6 | Anonymous British graffiti artist who created a series of artworks named "A Great British Spraycation" in 2021 |
| 30% | KOCH | 4 | New York City mayor who said, “If you agree with me on twelve out of twelve [issues], see a psychiatrist” |
| 30% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 30% | TUXEDO | 6 | ___ Park, New York (Hudson Valley enclave from which a certain kind of black-tie menswear attire derives its name) |
| 29% | ELLIS | 5 | Samuel for whom a New York Harbor island is named |
| 29% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 29% | ALIAS | 5 | Assumed name, as of a spy |
| 29% | STRIP | 5 | New York ___, a kind of steak |
| 29% | READE | 5 | Walter who has a New York movie theater named after him |
| 29% | JACOBJAVITS | 11 | Politician for whom a New York City convention center is named |
| 29% | EPHESIANS | 9 | Group in the name of a New Testament epistle |
| 29% | EAST | 4 | New York waterbody named after a direction |
| 29% | NEE | 3 | Follower of a new name |
| 28% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 28% | UTICA | 5 | New York city with a name from antiquity |
| 28% | ERIE | 4 | New York county named for a Great Lake |
| 28% | IONA | 4 | New York school named after a Scottish isle |
| 28% | IONA | 4 | New York college named for a Scottish isle |
| 28% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Artist who painted Portrait of a Young Man |