| 100% | BOROUGHS | 8 | Nyc is comprised of five |
| 46% | ORC | 3 | The enemy army was comprised of this creature in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 46% | AEIOU | 5 | Group of five to which is added "and sometimes y" |
| 45% | DICE | 4 | Five of these are needed to play Yahtzee |
| 45% | ADES | 4 | Five daughters of Atlas in Greek mythology are Hy___ |
| 45% | BRONX | 5 | The ___ (northernmost of NYC's five boroughs) |
| 44% | STS | 3 | Many of them are numbered in NYC |
| 44% | MLB | 3 | Org. in which the start of five answers is a "central" player |
| 44% | LILAC | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also a shade of purple |
| 44% | MANHATTAN | 9 | Borough of NYC where Central Park is found |
| 43% | PHILISTIA | 9 | Group of five cities comprising the land of the Philistines in the Bible |
| 43% | IAMB | 4 | One of five in “If music be the food of love, play on” |
| 43% | ACTS | 4 | Shakespeare plays are typically divided into five of them |
| 43% | IKE | 3 | Actor Barinholtz who was on five seasons of "MADtv" |
| 43% | MLS | 3 | There are about five of these in a tsp. |
| 43% | STARS | 5 | There are five of them on the Chinese flag |
| 41% | BODEGA | 6 | A cat may be seen inside of one (especially in NYC) |
| 41% | CBGB | 4 | Erstwhile NYC club said to be the birthplace of punk rock |
| 41% | DIGITS | 6 | There are five of these on each hand and each foot |
| 40% | BROOKLYN | 8 | NYC's borough that is also the birthplace of of NBA legend Michael Jordan |
| 40% | VIOLA | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also the name of actress Davis from "The Help" |
| 40% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Five-member band whose "Millennium" was the best-selling album of 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ALPS | 4 | High points of which five are found going up in this puzzle |
| 40% | KATIE | 5 | Ledecky who has been named World Swimmer of the Year five times |
| 40% | IRENE | 5 | Name of five hurricanes, the last of which was in 2011, after which the name was retired |
| 39% | DAISY | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also the name of a character from "The Great Gatsby" |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | One of the five Great Lakes whose primary inlet is the Detroit River |
| 39% | BSO | 3 | One of the "Big Five" from Massachusetts whose current director is Andris Nelsons |
| 39% | MOSS | 4 | Hall of Famer Randy who was a five-time NFL receiving touchdowns leader |
| 39% | MIXEDGREENS | 11 | Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are? |