| 100% | CROCODILEDUNDEE | 15 | Aussie who visits New York in a 1986 hit movie |
| 42% | COYOTEUGLY | 10 | New York saloon featured in a 2000 movie |
| 41% | DORA | 4 | Explorer who visits Peru in a 2019 live-action movie |
| 40% | BILLYSMITH | 10 | New York Islanders goalie who scored a goal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WOOLWORTH | 9 | F W —, New York-born businessman who established a five-cent store in 1878 |
| 38% | LETITIAJAMES | 12 | New York attorney general who filed a lawsuit in August, 2020, to dissolve the N.R.A. |
| 38% | MONDAY | 6 | "Manic" time in a 1986 hit |
| 36% | SEINFELD | 8 | Jerry —, New York-born stand-up comedian who voiced the title role in 2007 animated film Bee Movie |
| 36% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape From New York" actor who starred in the Netflix holiday movie "The Christmas Chronicles 2": 2 wds. |
| 36% | KNOTT | 5 | A P E —, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1971 |
| 36% | ATHERTON | 8 | M A —, England Test cricketer who hit 151 against New Zealand at Nottingham in 1990 |
| 36% | ATHERTON | 8 | M A -, England Test cricketer who hit 151 against New Zealand at Nottingham in 1990 |
| 36% | DONJOHNSON | 10 | "Miami Vice" star who had a top 10 hit with "Heartbeat" in 1986: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MANIC | 5 | Type of Monday that The Bangles described in a 1986 hit |
| 35% | SARA | 4 | Title girl in a 1986 Starship hit |
| 35% | ATONCE | 6 | In a New York minute |
| 35% | ASAP | 4 | In a New York minute |
| 35% | QUICKLY | 7 | In a new york minute |
| 35% | KWAI | 4 | River in a 1957 hit movie |
| 34% | READE | 5 | Walter who has a New York movie theater named after him |
| 34% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a journalist in the new movie "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 34% | STATEN | 6 | Name in a New York borough |
| 33% | MACY | 4 | R.H. who founded a New York store in 1858 |
| 33% | MET | 3 | New York baseball player who isn't a Yankee |
| 33% | METS | 4 | New York team with a skyline in its logo |
| 33% | JOHNMELLENCAMP | 14 | "Jack & Diane" singer who had a hit in 1986 with "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.": 2 wds. |
| 33% | BASQUIAT | 8 | New York artist who died in 1988 aged just 27 |
| 33% | METS | 4 | New York MLB team with a skyline in its logo |
| 33% | EXTRAS | 6 | People in a movie who have no lines |
| 33% | EDIT | 4 | Make cuts in a movie or news story |