| 100% | PUCE | 4 | One of two school colors (along with heliotrope) of New York's Purchase College |
| 40% | TAN | 3 | One of two Crayola colors with the shortest name |
| 40% | METS | 4 | One of New York City's two pro baseball teams |
| 40% | CREOLE | 6 | One of Haiti's two official languages, along with French |
| 38% | TAGALOG | 7 | One of two official Philippine languages, along with English |
| 38% | LION | 4 | One of two statues outside the New York Public Library |
| 37% | IONA | 4 | Athletic rival of New York's Marist College |
| 36% | ASTORIA | 7 | One end of New York's Triborough Bridge |
| 36% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Starks, NBA player who had one of the best free agent signings with the New York Knicks |
| 36% | STEVEDORE | 9 | Patrick Moynihan worked as one before going to City College of New York |
| 36% | NAVYBLUE | 8 | Along with gold, one of the team colors of the Midshipmen |
| 36% | RICE | 4 | Along with lentils, one of the two main ingredients in idli |
| 36% | IDAHO | 5 | One of two U.S. states with a panhandle |
| 35% | SLOTH | 5 | Along with the anteater, one of two animals in the order Pilosa |
| 35% | RED | 3 | One of two colors of Canada's flag |
| 35% | RED | 3 | One of two colors on Poland's flag |
| 35% | BRONX | 5 | Northernmost of New York’s boroughs, with “The” |
| 35% | PARSONS | 7 | New York's ___ School of Design |
| 35% | BOREDOM | 7 | Along with pain, one of "the two enemies of human happiness," per Schopenhauer |
| 35% | RED | 3 | One of two checkers colors |
| 35% | CLARITY | 7 | One of the four C's of diamonds (along with cut, color, and carat) |
| 34% | TISCH | 5 | Eponym of New York University's arts school |
| 34% | COP | 3 | One of New York's Finest |
| 34% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 34% | FTLEE | 5 | One side of New York/ New Jersey's G.W. Bridge |
| 34% | SENECA | 6 | One of New York's Finger Lakes |
| 34% | BOROUGH | 7 | One of New York's five divisions |
| 34% | JETS | 4 | One of New York's NFL teams |
| 34% | MET | 3 | Part of New York City's Museum Mile, with "the" |
| 33% | TISCH | 5 | New York University's ___ School of the Arts |