| 100% | ASTORIA | 7 | Half of a deluxe New York hotel name (and a neighborhood of Queens) |
| 47% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a New York canal, lake, county, and people |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Great Lake and a New York canal |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Pennsylvania city and a New York canal |
| 40% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 39% | STATEN | 6 | Part of a New York borough name |
| 39% | LGA | 3 | Queens airport named for a New York City mayor (Abbr.) |
| 38% | JFK | 3 | Initials of a president and a New York City airport |
| 38% | WALDORF | 7 | New York City hotel that lent its name to a well-known salad |
| 37% | TUXEDO | 6 | Dinner jacket named after — Park, a village and resort in New York |
| 37% | ANNADELVEY | 10 | Assumed name of a con artist who infiltrated wealthy New York society |
| 37% | GUMMO | 5 | & 18D Stage name of New York City-born entertainer and agent Milton Marx |
| 36% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 36% | EAST | 4 | New York waterbody named after a direction |
| 36% | BMT | 3 | An Italian ___, a kind of Subway sandwich named after New York's subway: Abbr |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | New York county named for a Great Lake |
| 36% | IONA | 4 | New York school named after a Scottish isle |
| 36% | IONA | 4 | New York college named for a Scottish isle |
| 36% | ARTOO | 5 | Half of a sci-fi name |
| 36% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 35% | SENECA | 6 | New York lake named for a Five Nations tribe |
| 35% | ONEIDA | 6 | New York lake named for a Five Nations tribe |
| 35% | ISLAND | 6 | Long ___ Iced Tea, cocktail that shares part of its name with a New York metropolitan region |
| 35% | RHODE | 5 | Half of a state name |
| 35% | THEFORCE | 8 | "A mixture of what appears to be ESP and early Christian faith," per a 1977 New York Times film review |
| 35% | MAI | 3 | Half of a rum-based cocktail's name |
| 35% | ALBERTA | 7 | Province named for a daughter of Queen Victoria |
| 35% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TICONDEROGA | 11 | Resort village in NE New York State on a neck of land between Lakes George and Champlain |