| 100% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 31% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 30% | RUDY | 4 | First name in New York City politics |
| 30% | NIELS | 5 | First name of Danes Jerne and Finsen, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 81 years apart |
| 29% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Pennsylvania city and a New York canal |
| 27% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 27% | MILA | 4 | First name in the credits of Four Good Days and Bad Moms |
| 27% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 27% | DOLE | 4 | Last name of former senators Bob and Elizabeth |
| 26% | MICHELLE | 8 | ___ Obama, former first lady of the United States who cameoed in an episode of "Parks and Recreation" |
| 26% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Nickname for New York City that was first popularized by John Fitz Gerald and was a part of an ad campaign: 3 wds. |
| 26% | ERIC | 4 | Adams who became Mayor of New York City in 2022 |
| 26% | LAMPARD | 7 | Frank ___, former Chelsea midfielder who moved to New York City FC in 2015 to be a part of MLS |
| 26% | BENNET | 6 | Last name of Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice |
| 25% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Brooklyn or Washington, in New York City neighborhood names |
| 25% | HENDERSON | 9 | Last name of family who took in Bigfoot Harry |
| 25% | GIRLS | 5 | Lena Dunham's hit comedy-drama that follows the lives of four young women in New York City |
| 25% | MEGHANMARKLE | 12 | Former actress and now Duchess of Sussex who tied the knot with Prince Harry in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 25% | AJLANGER | 8 | "My So-Called Life" actress who now holds the title Countess of Devon and lives in an English castle: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ONEAL | 5 | Last name of actor Ryan and his daughter, actress Tatum |
| 25% | VANPELT | 7 | Last name of Linus and Lucy in 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | WASHBURNE | 9 | Last name of Zoe and Hoban in sci-fi show Firefly |
| 25% | KIT | 3 | Better known first name of Christopher Houston Carson, now resting in Taos, New Mexico |
| 25% | COEN | 4 | Last name of the filmmaking brothers who made "Raising Arizona" and "Fargo" |
| 25% | DUFFER | 6 | Last name of brothers Matt and Ross who co-created "Stranger Things" |
| 25% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Former First Daughter who wrote 19-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | NEILL | 5 | Last name of the "Jurassic Park" star who cameoed in "Thor: Ragnarok" |