| 100% | HEADWEST | 8 | Move from New York to Los Angeles, say |
| 85% | GOEAST | 6 | Move from Los Angeles to New York, say |
| 65% | RELOCATE | 8 | Move from Los Angeles to Chicago, say |
| 51% | RAMS | 4 | NFL team that moved from Los Angeles to St. Louis |
| 49% | CLIPPERS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984 |
| 48% | ALASKADAILY | 11 | ABC drama starring 18-Across, 25-Across, and 35-Across about a journalist who moves from New York City to Anchorage (2 wds.) |
| 48% | EAST | 4 | Direction from New York to Spain |
| 47% | LAKERS | 6 | They moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles in 1960 |
| 47% | TIMES | 5 | New York or Los Angeles newspaper |
| 46% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 46% | FLEWSOLO | 8 | What Lindbergh famously did from New York to Paris |
| 46% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan |
| 46% | SEVENHOUR | 9 | Like a typical flight from New York to London |
| 46% | PORTS | 5 | New York and Los Angeles, e.g. |
| 44% | RAMS | 4 | NFL team that's moving from St. Louis to Los Angeles |
| 44% | CAR | 3 | Purchase for many a New York-to-Los Angeles transplant |
| 44% | RESEAT | 6 | Move from window to aisle, say |
| 44% | REGRADE | 7 | Move from A to B, say |
| 44% | DIALSITBACK | 11 | Moves from 9 to 5, say |
| 43% | YANKEECLIPPER | 13 | Los Angeles hoopster originally from New England? |
| 43% | ADVANCE | 7 | Move from first base to second, say |
| 43% | LINCOLNTUNNEL | 13 | Passage from New York to New Jersey named for the 16th president (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TIMES | 5 | Something New York and Los Angeles each have |
| 43% | MAGS | 4 | New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, in brief |
| 43% | SHEA | 4 | New York Jets home from 1964 to 1983 |
| 43% | TAXI | 4 | Move from the gate to the runway, say |
| 43% | THAW | 4 | Move from the freezer to the counter, say |
| 43% | RESEATS | 7 | Moves from a table to a booth, say |
| 43% | SORT | 4 | Arrange from newest to oldest, say |
| 42% | LEE | 3 | ___ Highway, old auto route from New York City to San Francisco |