| 100% | IMAGE | 5 | Museum of the Moving ___ (New York institution devoted to film and television) |
| 43% | GIANTS | 6 | New York baseball team that sent future Hall of Famers Bill Terry and Carl Hubbell to the first 28-Across |
| 40% | MUDD | 4 | Roger whose 2008 memoir is titled "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News" |
| 39% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ASTORS | 6 | Their wealth funds the New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 39% | SHEA | 4 | New York stadium where the Jets and Mets used to play |
| 38% | BOTANICAL | 9 | ___ garden (area devoted to the study and exhibition of plants) |
| 38% | SHEA | 4 | Home of the New York Mets from 1964 to 2008 |
| 38% | JIM | 3 | Actor Carrey of the upcoming film "Dumb and Dumber To" |
| 38% | CAMDEN | 6 | Site of the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial |
| 37% | STEVE | 5 | & 23A New York-born actor; director of films Animal Factory and Lonesome Jim |
| 37% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who was chief of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935 |
| 37% | ELLIS | 5 | ___ Island (New York Harbor home to the National Museum of Immigration) |
| 37% | IMAGE | 5 | Museum of the Moving ___ (attraction in Queens) |
| 36% | WACO | 4 | Home to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum |
| 36% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” |
| 36% | DONNBYRNE | 9 | Brian Oswald —, New York-born Irish author of novels Messer Marco Polo and The Wind Bloweth |
| 35% | REID | 4 | Whitelaw —, editor of the New York Tribune; United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1905-12 |
| 35% | REID | 4 | Whitelaw -, editor of the New York Tribune; United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1905-12 |
| 35% | CATCHMEIFYOUCAN | 15 | 2002 Spielberg film ... and a hint to the start of 17-, 26- and 48-Across |
| 35% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| 35% | NASHVILLE | 9 | Tennessee city that's home to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |
| 34% | YANKEES | 7 | New York ___, MLB team and member of the AL East division that is the team with the most World Series titles |
| 34% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | CONEHEADS | 9 | Dan Aykroyd film, and a hint to the starts of 18- and 38-Across and 3- and 30-Down |
| 33% | MODERN | 6 | Museum of __ Art (MoMA), New York City |
| 33% | ART | 3 | New York's Metropolitan Museum of ___ |
| 33% | NATURAL | 7 | New York's Museum of ___ History |
| 33% | ART | 3 | New York's Museum of Modern ___ |