| 100% | MODERN | 6 | Big Apple museum, for short, with "the" |
| 69% | NYC | 3 | The Big Apple, for short |
| 68% | NYC | 3 | The Big Apple, for short: Abbr. |
| 67% | MET | 3 | Big Apple museum, with "the" |
| 62% | FDNY | 4 | The Bravest in the Big Apple, for short |
| 61% | NYC | 3 | "The Big Apple," for short |
| 60% | NYC | 3 | Short for the big apple, city that never sleeps |
| 58% | NYT | 3 | Big Apple newspaper, for short |
| 58% | NYT | 3 | Big Apple paper, for short |
| 58% | YANK | 4 | Big Apple ballplayer, for short |
| 58% | NYMET | 5 | Big Apple baseballer, for short |
| 58% | NYPOST | 6 | Big Apple tabloid, for short |
| 58% | NYPD | 4 | Big apple cops, for short |
| 57% | NYPOST | 6 | Big Apple paper, for short (2 wds.) |
| 56% | LEX | 3 | Big Apple subway stop, for short |
| 56% | LEX | 3 | Big Apple subway line, for short |
| 56% | FDNY | 4 | Big Apple's ''bravest,'' for short |
| 56% | FDNY | 4 | Big Apple's Bravest, for short |
| 56% | YANKS | 5 | Big Apple ball team, for short |
| 54% | ETC | 3 | Along with the others, for short |
| 54% | ENG | 3 | Country with the Stonehenge, for short |
| 54% | DOC | 3 | One with the stethoscope, for short |
| 54% | DET | 3 | One with the force, for short |
| 54% | AUS | 3 | Country with the Outback, for short |
| 54% | CSI | 3 | Franchise with the "Miniature Killer," for short |
| 54% | IRE | 3 | Island with the Carrauntoohil mountain, for short |
| 54% | ECON | 4 | Subject dealing with the markets, for short |
| 54% | ANAT | 4 | Subject dealing with the body, for short |
| 53% | SYD | 3 | Australian city with the opera house, for short |
| 53% | ECOL | 4 | Subject that deals with the environment, for short |