| 100% | TOMB | 4 | Grant's is in New York |
| 65% | FALLS | 5 | The Niagara ___, located in New York, that is one of America's natural wonders |
| 65% | AVENUES | 7 | In New York, Lexington and Park are these |
| 63% | AMERICA | 7 | New York is located in North __ |
| 61% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that was completed in 1825 |
| 61% | ONTHETOWN | 9 | New York, New York is in this 1944 musical |
| 60% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that was built in the 19th century |
| 59% | THURMANMUNSON | 13 | New York Yankees catching great who was the MLB's AL Rookie of the Year in 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 59% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |
| 59% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 59% | IJBOL | 5 | "___ Is In. LOL Is Out." (2023 New York Times headline) |
| 59% | METS | 4 | New York team whose last World Series appearance was in 2000 |
| 59% | KATZ | 4 | New York deli where the "I'll have what she's having" scene in "When Harry Met Sally ..." was filmed |
| 59% | BASEBALL | 8 | Its Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown, New York |
| 58% | TAP | 3 | ___ City, annual dance festival in New York City that was founded by Tony Waag |
| 57% | MOTT | 4 | Street in New York's Chinatown |
| 57% | EST | 3 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. |
| 57% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur, the king of tennis after whom the stadium in New York has been named |
| 57% | WEST | 4 | New York-to-California direction (and where this answer is in the diagram) |
| 57% | KARLBOHM | 8 | Austrian conductor whose New York Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1957 |
| 57% | NILSSON | 7 | Birgit —, Swedish dramatic soprano whose New York debut was in 1959 |
| 57% | TITANS | 6 | New York ___, NFL team that was rebranded as the New York Jets in 1963 |
| 56% | PLACID | 6 | Lake ___, village in New York, USA, that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1980 |
| 56% | UTICA | 5 | City in New York's Mohawk Valley |
| 56% | TIOGA | 5 | County in New York's Southern Tier |
| 56% | TAXI | 4 | Something checkered in New York's past? |
| 56% | CENTER | 6 | Rockefeller ___ Christmas Tree, iconic tree in New York City that is lit up in a public ceremony |
| 56% | ICERINK | 7 | Winter installation in New York's Central Park |
| 56% | BULL | 4 | Bronze animal in New York's financial district |
| 56% | DEBLASIO | 8 | Tallest mayor in New York City's history |