| 100% | NELLIEBLY | 9 | Muckraker whose 1887 exposé "Ten Days in a Mad-House" exposed conditions at New York's Women's Lunatic Asylum: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JACOBRIIS | 9 | Muckraker whose 1890 photography book "How the Other Half Lives" exposed conditions in New York City slums: 2 wds. |
| 35% | UPTONSINCLAIR | 13 | Muckraker whose 1906 novel "The Jungle" exposed conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BLY | 3 | "Ten Days in a Mad-House" muckraker |
| 32% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American artist whose house in Abiquiu, New Mexico has been converted to a house museum: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Cubist painter whose "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" is on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ASIS | 4 | In its current condition, at a yard sale: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 29% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | American women's tennis champ whose sister Serena is also a legend in the sport: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | MSNBC host who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Billionaire philanthropist who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BILLYSMITH | 10 | New York Islanders goalie who scored a goal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 29% | DANADELANY | 10 | "China Beach" star who coauthored a New York Times Sunday crossword in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | "Russian Doll" actress who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HEIDIKLUM | 9 | German Victoria's Secret model, also a judge on AGT who has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, New York: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ANTHONYWEINER | 13 | Former New York representative involved in a sexting scandal: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HOMEALONE | 9 | 1990 comedy whose sequel was subtitled "Lost in New York": 2 wds. |
| 28% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BLY | 3 | Nellie who wrote "Ten Days in a Mad-House" |
| 28% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AUDRAMCDONALD | 13 | "Private Practice" actress who won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award in 2014 for her performance in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill": 2 wds. |
| 27% | CELTICTHUNDER | 13 | Singing group that opened the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | New Year's Day football game played in Pasadena: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASIS | 4 | "In its current condition," at a garage sale: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASIS | 4 | "In its current condition," at a flea market: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AUGUSTERODIN | 12 | French sculptor whose house Villa des Brillants at Meudon, Paris has been converted to a museum: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PAULCEZANNE | 11 | French artist whose "The Card Players" sold at auction for a record $250 million in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose head is a giant baseball (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MADAMEDEFARGE | 13 | Villainous woman in Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities" whose knitting encodes her enemies' names: 2 wds. |
| 26% | RODGILBERT | 10 | New York Rangers Hall of Famer in Warhol's "Athletes" series: 2 wds. |