| 100% | APPEALTOAUTHORITY | 17 | Besides, The New York Times said it was good! |
| 52% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times is now calling them "guest essays" |
| 50% | XXXX | 4 | The New York Liberty are its current champs |
| 50% | ABA | 3 | The New York Nets were its last champs: Abbr. |
| 49% | TAN | 3 | Amy who wrote the New York Times best seller The Backyard Bird Chronicles |
| 49% | NEWS | 4 | None of it is good, as the saying goes |
| 47% | DIAGNOSIS | 9 | Documentary web TV series based on The New York Times Magazine column that was released in 2019 |
| 45% | NYT | 3 | The New York Times: Abbr. |
| 45% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Michael Crichton novel that spent eight weeks at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 44% | PAPER | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |
| 44% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | The New York Times, for example |
| 44% | DAILY | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |
| 44% | LIU | 3 | The New York Times Connections editor Wyna |
| 44% | DOG | 3 | Jake the ___, from "Adventure Time" reminds you this New Year that "being bad at something is the first step to being sorta good at it" |
| 43% | UPSHOT | 6 | The New York Times' data visualization arm: The __ |
| 43% | MEDIA | 5 | Industry for the New York Times |
| 43% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph of The New York Times |
| 43% | ARTS | 4 | Section of The New York Times |
| 43% | EST | 3 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. |
| 43% | BLOG | 4 | The New York Times crossword's "Wordplay," for one |
| 43% | DAILY | 5 | Like the New York Times mini puzzle |
| 43% | PAYWALL | 7 | Feature of the New York Times website |
| 43% | ATUL | 4 | ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller "Being Mortal" |
| 42% | ALCOA | 5 | Its symbol is AA on the New York Stock Exchange |
| 42% | RENZO | 5 | ___ Piano, designer of The New York Times Building |
| 42% | DEAN | 4 | ___ Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times |
| 42% | MARGARETFARRAR | 14 | First puzzle editor of The New York Times |
| 42% | BEE | 3 | Spelling ___ (word game in the New York Times) |
| 42% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who was chief of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935 |
| 42% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times started calling them "guest essays" in 2021 |