| 100% | UNIONS | 6 | New York Taxi Workers Alliance and Student Workers of Columbia, for two | 
| 40% | BAYS | 4 | New York and Delaware, for two | 
| 39% | FANFESTS | 8 | New York Comic Con and Treklanta, for two | 
| 38% | RIAS | 4 | Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two | 
| 38% | TONGUETWISTERS | 14 | “Toy boat” and “Unique New York,” for two | 
| 37% | YANG | 4 | Andrew who ran for president and mayor of New York City | 
| 34% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” | 
| 34% | STARTSPREADIN | 13 | With 65-Across, beginning of Sinatra's "New York, New York," and an apt instruction for this puzzle | 
| 33% | IVIES | 5 | Cornell and Columbia, for two | 
| 33% | IVIES | 5 | Columbia and Cornell, for two | 
| 33% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. | 
| 32% | VIDEOGAMES | 10 | Fortnite and The Legend of Zelda, for two | 
| 32% | PHASES | 6 | Full and new, for two | 
| 32% | DISMISSAL | 9 | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues | 
| 32% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Nickname for New York City that was first popularized by John Fitz Gerald and was a part of an ad campaign: 3 wds. | 
| 32% | AOC | 3 | New York member of "the Squad" in Congress, for short | 
| 31% | AVES | 4 | New York's Madison and Lexington, for short | 
| 31% | PUNS | 4 | "Tequila mockingbird" and "absinthe of malice," for two | 
| 31% | MMORPGS | 7 | RuneScape and World of Warcraft, for two: Abbr. | 
| 31% | CUOMO | 5 | Either of two New York governors | 
| 31% | MILESAPART | 10 | Denver and New York, for example | 
| 31% | TEAMS | 5 | Rangers of New York and Texas | 
| 31% | MADAMES | 7 | “X” of painting and “Butterfly” of opera, for two | 
| 31% | RONS | 4 | Howard of film and Weasley of fiction, for two | 
| 31% | LOVELANGUAGES | 13 | Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two | 
| 31% | FONTS | 5 | Times New Roman and Arial, for two | 
| 31% | FORMATS | 7 | Modern rock and news/talk, for two | 
| 31% | CITIES | 6 | London and New York, for e.g. | 
| 31% | TONYS | 5 | Awards for New York plays and musicals | 
| 31% | CUOMOS | 6 | Mario and Andrew of New York politics |