| 100% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | New __, name given to New York by Dutch colonists |
| 50% | BARNABAS | 8 | Name given by the Apostles to the Levite Joseph in the New Testament |
| 45% | HIBERNIA | 8 | Name given to Ireland by the ancient Greeks |
| 44% | RETITLE | 7 | Give a new name to |
| 43% | OCA | 3 | Name given to the dwelling used by indigenous people of Brazil |
| 43% | AMSTERDAMAVENUE | 15 | Manhattan thoroughfare named for New York's Dutch roots |
| 41% | NOBODY | 6 | Fake name given by Odysseus to the Cyclops |
| 40% | WALDORF | 7 | New York City hotel that lent its name to a well-known salad |
| 38% | CLIPPER | 7 | The Yankee ___, nickname given to baseballer Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees |
| 38% | KIPSBAY | 7 | Site of a 1776 battle that gave New York City to the British |
| 38% | ORA | 3 | Local name given by Komodo Islanders to the ecosystem's dominant life form |
| 38% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 38% | AXIS | 4 | The —, name given to the alliance of Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan formalised by the 1940 Tripartite Pact |
| 38% | LINCOLNTUNNEL | 13 | Passage from New York to New Jersey named for the 16th president (2 wds.) |
| 38% | IRONHORSE | 9 | The ___, nickname given to baseballer Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ICAHN | 5 | Billionaire who lent his name to a stadium on New York's Randalls Island |
| 38% | LONG | 4 | ___ Island, island in New York State that lends its name to a popular cocktail |
| 38% | BERLINTRILOGY | 13 | Name given to the three consecutive studio albums by singer-songwriter David Bowie which were released in the 70s: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ZOO | 3 | "At the ___" single by Simon & Garfunkel written by Paul Simon as one of his tributes to New York City |
| 37% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MOMOFUKU | 8 | Cookbook by David Chang inspired by his New York restaurant chain of the same name |
| 37% | EDOM | 4 | Name given to Esau |
| 37% | OPEN | 4 | "An ___ Letter to NYC," 2004 song by the Beastie Boys that is about New York City |
| 37% | ALLFOOLSDAY | 11 | Name given to April 1st |
| 37% | TOPONYM | 7 | Name given to a place |
| 37% | HITLIST | 7 | Names given to an assassin |
| 36% | NNE | 3 | New Orleans to New York dir. |
| 36% | STATEN | 6 | Name in a New York borough |
| 36% | KATZ | 4 | Name on a New York deli |
| 36% | JOE | 3 | Name given to an "Average" guy |