| 100% | NEESON | 6 | Liam __; plays DiCaprio's dad in Gangs of New York |
| 55% | SCORSESE | 8 | Martin __; directed DiCaprio in Gangs of New York |
| 48% | VALLON | 6 | Amsterdam __; DiCaprio's Gangs of New York role |
| 43% | RIPLEY | 6 | Founder of New York's Odditorium in 1939 |
| 42% | DENIRO | 6 | Robert __; plays DiCaprio's dad in This Boy's Life |
| 42% | DIAZ | 4 | She co-starred in "Gangs of New York," 2002 |
| 41% | LUCYLAWLESS | 11 | "The Gangs of New York" as read by actress ___ |
| 40% | TIMMARA | 7 | New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 40% | RODGILBERT | 10 | New York Rangers Hall of Famer in Warhol's "Athletes" series: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TAO | 3 | ___ Downtown, New York, one of the most Instagrammed restaurants in the U.S |
| 38% | GANGS | 5 | "___ of New York," 2002 historical crime film starring Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 38% | ERIC | 4 | Adams who became Mayor of New York City in 2022 |
| 38% | NRA | 3 | Org. sued by the State of New York in 2020 |
| 38% | NAOMI | 5 | ___ Smalls, named last year as one of New York magazine's top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America |
| 38% | SIANO | 5 | Nicky ___, DJ and music producer who was an integral part of New York's disco clubs in the 1970s |
| 38% | DIAZ | 4 | "Gangs of New York" actress |
| 37% | BEAME | 5 | Abraham who served as mayor of New York in the seventies |
| 37% | MAE | 3 | West once dubbed the "Queen of New York" in the New Yorker |
| 37% | AOC | 3 | New York member of "the Squad" in Congress, for short |
| 37% | THURMANMUNSON | 13 | New York Yankees catching great who was the MLB's AL Rookie of the Year in 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |
| 36% | THEJETS | 7 | New York team that plays its home games in New Jersey |
| 36% | MCCOMB | 6 | John —, US architect; co-designer of New York City Hall who died in 1853 |
| 36% | MAMDANI | 7 | Zohran who became the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in 2025 |
| 35% | COP | 3 | One of New York's Finest |
| 35% | MCGILLIVRAY | 11 | Alexander —, 18th-century Creek leader who helped draft the Treaty of New York in 1790 |
| 35% | SENECA | 6 | One of New York's Finger Lakes |
| 35% | ELMIRA | 6 | Seat of New York's Chemung County |
| 35% | POSTMODERNISM | 13 | Style of New York's Sony Building |
| 35% | PAPP | 4 | Founder of New York's Public Theater |