| 100% | DIRT | 4 | Medium for Walter De Maria’s 1977 installation “The New York Earth Room” |
| 35% | BLOG | 4 | The New York Times crossword's "Wordplay," for one |
| 33% | JOETORRE | 8 | Player-manager for the New York Mets, 1977: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | The New York Times, for example |
| 31% | CATSKILLS | 9 | New York's popular fall foliage destination which was also the setting for "Dirty Dancing" |
| 30% | LIRR | 4 | New York train line to the Hamptons, for short |
| 30% | IGORSHESTERKIN | 14 | New York Rangers goalie honored with the Vezina Trophy for the NHL's 2021-22 season (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ING | 3 | Multinational bank that sponsored the New York City Marathon for ten years |
| 30% | DIMITRI | 7 | New York Philharmonic conductor for most of the fifties, ____ Mitropoulos |
| 29% | FINEST | 6 | "New York's ___" (term for the NYPD) |
| 29% | MEDIA | 5 | Industry for the New York Times |
| 29% | NYJ | 3 | Acronym for the New York Jets |
| 29% | NYG | 3 | Acronym for the New York Giants |
| 29% | MELOTT | 6 | He led the New York Giants in home runs for 18 consecutive years |
| 29% | WNBA | 4 | League for the New York Liberty: Abbr. |
| 29% | MSG | 3 | Abbreviation for the New York Knicks' arena |
| 29% | WNBA | 4 | Org. for the New York Liberty |
| 29% | NASL | 4 | Org. for the New York Cosmos |
| 29% | EWER | 4 | Some people suspect there are crocodiles living in the New York City s___s |
| 28% | MLS | 3 | Org. for the New York Red Bulls |
| 28% | ANA | 3 | De Armas who name-checked the New York Times crossword on "S.N.L." |
| 28% | ENID | 4 | The New York Botanical Garden’s ___ A. Haupt Conservatory |
| 28% | NPR | 3 | Media network for Susan Stamberg, the first woman to anchor a nightly news program in the U.S. |
| 28% | GLAM | 4 | Rock subgenre for the New York Dolls |
| 28% | WESTPOINT | 9 | Army installation in New York housing the US Military Academy |
| 28% | TORCH | 5 | Symbol in the New York Liberty's logo |
| 28% | AVE | 3 | New York's Madison ___, for short |
| 28% | AVE | 3 | New York's Lexington, for short |
| 28% | ALB | 3 | New York's capital, for short |
| 28% | AVE | 3 | New York's Park ___, for short |