| 100% | DOROTHYPARKER | 13 | New York wit who wrote "I hate writing; I love having written": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish wit who wrote "I can resist everything except temptation": 2 wds. |
| 43% | INAGARTEN | 9 | Food Network star based in New York who has no formal culinary training: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SELENAGOMEZ | 11 | Singer of "Lose You to Love Me" who has 179 million Instagram followers: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JIMBOUTON | 9 | New York Yankees pitcher who wrote the baseball memoir "Ball Four" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | IANFLEMING | 10 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Loved Me" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | Brian Fellow portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "I Am the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BILLBRADLEY | 11 | New York Knicks forward who wrote the basketball memoir "Life on the Run" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HEIDIKLUM | 9 | German Victoria's Secret model, also a judge on AGT who has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, New York: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MATTHARVEY | 10 | New York Mets pitcher who is nicknamed "The Dark Knight": 2 wds. |
| 40% | AARONJUDGE | 10 | New York Yankees outfielder who also hears cases in court?: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GRAHAMBELL | 10 | Inventor of the telephone Alexander, who had a love-hate relationship with mathematics: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WILLROGERS | 10 | Oklahoma wit who wrote "A fool and his money are soon elected": 2 wds. |
| 39% | WILWHEATON | 10 | "Stand by Me" child actor who wrote the memoir "Just a Geek": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | American singer who acted in "Love Me Tender" and has sold 200 million records worldwide: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHAST | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist who wrote "What I Hate: From A to Z" |
| 38% | CHELSEAHANDLER | 14 | TV comedian who wrote the best-selling 2025 memoir "I'll Have What She's Having": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BILLYSMITH | 10 | New York Islanders goalie who scored a goal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Selena" actress who wrote the memoir "True Love": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Help Me" singer/songwriter who has nine Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AUDRELORDE | 10 | Former New York State Poet Laureate who wrote 5-Across, 16-Across, 48-Across, and 56-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | KEITHHERNANDEZ | 14 | First baseman for the 1986 New York Mets who later appeared on "Seinfeld": 2 wds. |
| 37% | LIZAMINNELLI | 12 | "Cabaret" actress who starred in the 1977 movie "New York, New York": 2 wds. |
| 37% | RICHARDKIEL | 11 | 7'1" actor who played Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me": 2 wds. |
| 37% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | MSNBC host who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Billionaire philanthropist who co-constructed a New York Times crossword in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TIKIBARBER | 10 | Onetime New York Giants running back who also cuts men's hair?: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WINONARYDER | 11 | "Beetlejuice" actress who starred in the 2000 movie "Autumn in New York": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TENDERMERCIES | 13 | 1983 movie about a washed-up country singer who finds new love: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MINDYKALING | 11 | "Never Have I Ever" cocreator who auditioned unsuccessfully for "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |