| 100% | EAST | 4 | New York "river" that's really a tidal strait |
| 54% | EAST | 4 | — River, navigable tidal strait that links Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound in New York City |
| 52% | SARANAC | 7 | New York river that feeds Lake Champlain |
| 51% | OTSEGO | 6 | New York lake that's the source of the Susquehanna River |
| 48% | RYE | 3 | New York city with an amusement park that's a National Historic Landmark |
| 46% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Waterway that connects a Great Lake to New York's Hudson River: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that begins at the Hudson River |
| 45% | SHEA | 4 | New York stadium that hosted a 1965 Beatles concert |
| 44% | COLGATE | 7 | New York university that shares its name with a toothpaste |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | ___ Canal (waterway that connects a Great Lake to New York's Hudson River) |
| 43% | SIXSTORY | 8 | Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation plan |
| 43% | EAST | 4 | New York's ___ River |
| 43% | HUDSON | 6 | New York's river |
| 43% | WALDORF | 7 | New York City hotel that lent its name to a well-known salad |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Canal that starts at New York's Hudson River |
| 42% | EAST | 4 | New York City's ___ River |
| 42% | ARAL | 4 | Sea that's really a lake |
| 42% | SCAM | 4 | Offer that's really a con |
| 42% | BROOME | 6 | New York county that's home to Binghamton |
| 41% | STRAIT | 6 | New York's East River, technically |
| 41% | CASPIAN | 7 | "Sea" that's really a lake |
| 41% | CHIA | 4 | "Pet" that's really a plant |
| 41% | ITHACA | 6 | New York city that's home to Cornell University |
| 41% | MAMARONECK | 10 | New York town that's nicknamed the "Friendly Village" |
| 41% | BRONX | 5 | New York borough that's home to Yankee Stadium |
| 41% | URAL | 4 | River that's a letter off from 20-Across |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River that's reimagined as a wall in "Hadestown" |
| 41% | GENESEE | 7 | Brewery named for a New York river |
| 41% | TIOGA | 5 | New York river |