| 100% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 68% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | THEGILDEDAGE | 12 | HBO historical drama created by 32-Across set in New York City in the 1880s (3 wds.) |
| 47% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 45% | FIONADAVIS | 10 | American writer who has published seven historical novels set in famous New York City buildings, including 17-Across, 29-Across, and 2023's "The Spectacular," set in Radio City Music Hall (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 43% | WALLSTREET | 10 | Michael Douglas film set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Robert De Niro film set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 41% | DIRTYDANCING | 12 | 1987 coming-of-age movie set in New York's Catskill Mountains: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | Natalie Wood film set in New York City (3 wds.) |
| 40% | MADABOUTYOU | 11 | Sitcom set in New York City that featured Carol Burnett in a recurring role as Jamie's mother (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | Novel by 29-Across set in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era (3 wds.) |
| 40% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel by J.D. Salinger that is set in New York City |
| 39% | ONEBYONE | 8 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set in the French Alps (3 wds.) |
| 39% | AGE | 3 | "The ___ of Innocence," novel by Edith Wharton that is set in New York City |
| 39% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 39% | THEMET | 6 | Major art museum in New York City, for short: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WASHI | 5 | Henry James novel set in New York City |
| 38% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 37% | GEMS | 4 | "Uncut ___" (Adam Sandler film set in New York City's Diamond District) |
| 37% | AMERICANRUST | 12 | Novel by 31-Across set in a declining Pennsylvania steel town (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SMALLMERCIES | 12 | 2023 novel by 48-Across set in Boston (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ZACKBRITTON | 11 | New York Yankees pitcher who gave up the walk-off home run in the 30-Across game ( 2 wds.) |
| 37% | CELTICTHUNDER | 13 | Singing group that opened the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | RULESOF | 7 | "___ Civility," 2011 novel by Amor Towles which begins on New Year's eve in 1937: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RENT | 4 | 1996 musical set in New York's Alphabet City |