| 100% | JACOBRIIS | 9 | New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project |
| 36% | LIU | 3 | Actress whose last name is a New York school's inits. |
| 35% | LALAW | 5 | NBC series whose name was seen on a license plate |
| 35% | STAR | 4 | Actor whose name is in big letters on a movie poster |
| 35% | DIAGONALLEY | 11 | Harry Potter thoroughfare whose name is a play on an adverb |
| 34% | METS | 4 | New York team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 34% | KATZ | 4 | Name on a New York deli |
| 34% | LEX | 3 | ___ Luger (former wrestler whose name is a play on a comic book villain) |
| 34% | SXSW | 4 | Annual Austin event whose name is a play on a Hitchcock film, familiarly |
| 34% | KATZ | 4 | Name on a famous New York deli |
| 34% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose head is a giant baseball (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JACOBJAVITS | 11 | Longtime New York senator for whom a center is named |
| 33% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |
| 33% | GARCIA | 6 | Cherry ___ (Ben & Jerry's flavor whose name is a pun on a rock singer's name) |
| 33% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "Creep" band whose original name was On a Friday |
| 32% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TEDY | 4 | Former New England Patriot Bruschi whose name is a bear to pronounce? |
| 32% | SCONE | 5 | Food item whose name is pronounced with either a long or a short o, depending on whom you ask |
| 32% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 31% | DEERE | 5 | John whose name is on lawn mowers |
| 31% | ORE | 3 | W. state whose largest city is named for a New England city |
| 31% | ALLTIME | 7 | ___ Low, "Monsters" band whose name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Head On Collision" by New Found Glory: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NOMINEE | 7 | One whose name is on an award shortlist |
| 31% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Waterway whose path is traced on New York’s state quarter |
| 30% | DUNCAN | 6 | Food critic Hines whose name is on cake mixes |
| 30% | JOSIAHBARTLETT | 14 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for a character on "The West Wing" (minus the last letter) (2 wds.) |
| 30% | POLO | 4 | Explorer whose name is a sport |
| 30% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is a palindrome |
| 30% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese whose name is a semordnilap |
| 30% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Magazine whose name is a number |