| 100% | NILSSON | 7 | Birgit —, Swedish dramatic soprano whose New York debut was in 1959 |
| 64% | NILSSON | 7 | Birgit —, Swedish dramatic soprano whose US debut was in 1956 |
| 47% | KARLBOHM | 8 | Austrian conductor whose New York Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1957 |
| 46% | DOMINGO | 7 | Placido —, Spanish tenor and conductor whose New York singing debut was in 1965 |
| 43% | JOAN | 4 | & 7D New York-born folk singer-songwriter whose self-titled debut album was released in 1960 |
| 42% | FLAGSTAD | 8 | Kirsten —, Norwegian soprano known for her Wagnerian roles whose Metropolitan Opera, New York debut was in 1935 |
| 39% | FLAGSTAD | 8 | Kirsten —, Norwegian soprano known for her Wagnerian roles whose Metropolitan Opera, New York, debut was in 1935 |
| 39% | METS | 4 | New York team whose last World Series appearance was in 2000 |
| 37% | MERRILL | 7 | Robert —, New York City-born baritone whose Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1945 |
| 36% | GEDDA | 5 | Nicolai —, Swedish operatic tenor whose Covent Garden debut was in 1954 |
| 33% | SOLOMON | 7 | With 18-Across, free New York black man abducted into slavery whose true story is told in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 33% | AMERICA | 7 | New York is located in North __ |
| 33% | TIOGA | 5 | New York county whose seat is Owego |
| 32% | SYRACUSE | 8 | New York university whose teams are the Orange |
| 32% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that was completed in 1825 |
| 32% | TOMB | 4 | Grant's is in New York |
| 32% | ONTHETOWN | 9 | New York, New York is in this 1944 musical |
| 32% | SYRACUSE | 8 | New York university whose mascot is Otto the Orange |
| 31% | METS | 4 | New York team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 31% | METS | 4 | New York baseball team whose uniforms are blue and orange |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that was built in the 19th century |
| 31% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose uniform number is 00 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | IJBOL | 5 | "___ Is In. LOL Is Out." (2023 New York Times headline) |
| 31% | BASEBALL | 8 | Its Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown, New York |
| 31% | JACOBRIIS | 9 | New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project |
| 31% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose head is a giant baseball (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CALLAS | 6 | Maria —, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977 |
| 30% | AVENUES | 7 | In New York, Lexington and Park are these |
| 30% | PIZZA | 5 | New York-style ___, thin-crust dish that is popular in New York City |
| 30% | WEST | 4 | New York-to-California direction (and where this answer is in the diagram) |