| 100% | WOOLWORTH | 9 | F W —, New York-born businessman who established a five-cent store in 1878 |
| 40% | VANDERBILT | 10 | Cornelius —, New York-born businessman and philanthropist who died in 1877 |
| 38% | MACY | 4 | R.H. who founded a New York store in 1858 |
| 36% | THIERRYHERMES | 13 | German-born French businessman who established a company in 1837, which is today known for its Birkin bags: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BILLYSMITH | 10 | New York Islanders goalie who scored a goal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 34% | UTICA | 5 | New York city where the first "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" opened in 1879 |
| 34% | MACYS | 5 | Department store in New York City associated with a famous Thanksgiving Day parade |
| 33% | LETITIAJAMES | 12 | New York attorney general who filed a lawsuit in August, 2020, to dissolve the N.R.A. |
| 32% | CALLAS | 6 | Maria —, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977 |
| 32% | MENUHIN | 7 | Yehudi —, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| 31% | CROCODILEDUNDEE | 15 | Aussie who visits New York in a 1986 hit movie |
| 31% | FIONAAPPLE | 10 | Eight-time, New York-born Grammy Award nominee who won for "Criminal" in 1998 |
| 31% | BODEGACAT | 9 | Nonhuman "employee" in a New York City corner store |
| 30% | COYOTEUGLY | 10 | New York saloon featured in a 2000 movie |
| 29% | SENECA | 6 | New York lake named for a Five Nations tribe |
| 29% | ONEIDA | 6 | New York lake named for a Five Nations tribe |
| 29% | METS | 4 | New York team with a skyline in its logo |
| 29% | SEINFELD | 8 | Jerry —, New York-born stand-up comedian who voiced the title role in 2007 animated film Bee Movie |
| 29% | BASQUIAT | 8 | New York artist who died in 1988 aged just 27 |
| 29% | METS | 4 | New York MLB team with a skyline in its logo |
| 29% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "A Beautiful Mind" actor who was born in New Zealand in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MET | 3 | New York baseball player who isn't a Yankee |
| 28% | RUDYGIULIANI | 12 | Former New York City mayor who achieved a "Full Ginsburg" by appearing on five different Sunday morning news shows on October 9, 2016: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DANADELANY | 10 | "China Beach" star who coauthored a New York Times Sunday crossword in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ATONCE | 6 | In a New York minute |
| 28% | ASAP | 4 | In a New York minute |
| 28% | QUICKLY | 7 | In a new york minute |
| 28% | REROOTED | 8 | Established in a new place, as a shrub |
| 28% | GUYLAFLEUR | 10 | A former New York Rangers player who was nicknamed "The Flower" who is considered one of the greatest hockey players in history: 2 wds. |