| 100% | METS | 4 | New York team whose last World Series appearance was in 2000 |
| 60% | CUBS | 4 | Team whose last World Series win was in 1908 |
| 57% | REDS | 4 | MLB team whose last World Series championship was in 1990 |
| 46% | METS | 4 | New York team that won the World Series in 1969 and 1986 |
| 44% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose 2017 World Series title was predicted by Sports Illustrated in 2014 |
| 42% | HADEN | 5 | Andy —, rugby union lock whose last New Zealand Test appearance was against Argentina in 1985 |
| 41% | METS | 4 | New York team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 40% | YANKEES | 7 | New York ___, MLB team and member of the AL East division that is the team with the most World Series titles |
| 39% | GILHODGES | 9 | World Series-winning manager of the 1969 New York Mets who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SYRACUSE | 8 | New York university whose teams are the Orange |
| 37% | METS | 4 | New York baseball team whose uniforms are blue and orange |
| 36% | METS | 4 | New York ___, Queens-based MLB team that has won two World Series titles |
| 36% | LIU | 3 | Actress whose last name is a New York school's inits. |
| 36% | GIANTS | 6 | Team that last won a World Series in 1954 |
| 36% | PIRATES | 7 | Team that last won the World Series in 1979 |
| 36% | TITANS | 6 | New York ___, NFL team that was rebranded as the New York Jets in 1963 |
| 35% | DONNCLENDENON | 13 | New York Mets first baseman who was MVP of the 1969 World Series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MERRILL | 7 | Robert —, New York City-born baritone whose Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1945 |
| 35% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose home is the Minute Maid Park; 2017 World Series winners, Houston — |
| 35% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose home is the Minute Maid Park; 2022 World Series winners, Houston — |
| 35% | PARK | 4 | Central ___, New York City landmark that is the most filmed location in the world |
| 34% | YANKEES | 7 | New York baseball team with 27 World Series championships |
| 34% | JOAN | 4 | & 7D New York-born folk singer-songwriter whose self-titled debut album was released in 1960 |
| 34% | DWIGHTGOODEN | 12 | Pitcher for the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets who was nicknamed "Dr. K": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CUBA | 4 | Caribbean island whose team was runner-up in the 2006 World Baseball Classic |
| 33% | YANKEES | 7 | The New York ___, MLB team that has won the most number of World Series championships with 27 wins |
| 32% | KARLBOHM | 8 | Austrian conductor whose New York Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1957 |
| 32% | METS | 4 | New York team with a skyline in its logo |
| 32% | SOLOMON | 7 | With 18-Across, free New York black man abducted into slavery whose true story is told in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 32% | AMERICA | 7 | New York is located in North __ |