| 100% | CONN | 4 | Part of New Eng. |
| 71% | MAINE | 5 | Part of New England |
| 69% | LONGISLAND | 10 | Part of New York (2 wds.) |
| 67% | PAPUA | 5 | Southeastern part of New Guinea |
| 67% | FRENCH | 6 | Touristy part of New Orleans |
| 67% | BAYSTATE | 8 | Big part of New England |
| 66% | UPSTATE | 7 | Non-city part of New York |
| 64% | MET | 3 | Part of New York City's Museum Mile, with "the" |
| 64% | SPIRES | 6 | Part of a New England skyline |
| 64% | ELMS | 4 | Part of the New Haven landscape |
| 64% | CHIMES | 6 | Part of much New Age music |
| 63% | UPSTATE | 7 | Word referring to the northern part of New York |
| 62% | ONE | 3 | Part of a New Year's Eve countdown |
| 62% | SUBWAYTOKENS | 12 | Part of the new "Living in Manhattan" Barbie? |
| 62% | NORTHAMERICA | 12 | Big part of the New World |
| 61% | SYNE | 4 | Part of a New Year's Eve party song |
| 60% | ROSEPETAL | 9 | Part of a parade float on New Year's Day |
| 56% | NRA | 3 | Legislation that was part of F.D.R.'s New Deal |
| 55% | FIBRE | 5 | Brief new part of thread |
| 55% | LONG | 4 | ___ Island (part of New York) |
| 55% | MAHER | 5 | Bill ___, part-owner of the New York Mets |
| 54% | RETINA | 6 | Retain new part of the eye |
| 54% | ULSTER | 6 | New result for part of Ireland |
| 54% | STATEN | 6 | ___ Island (part of New York City) |
| 54% | MUNGO | 5 | — National Park, part of the Willandra Lakes Region in New South Wales, Australia |
| 52% | SIANO | 5 | Nicky ___, DJ and music producer who was an integral part of New York's disco clubs in the 1970s |
| 51% | ROOM | 4 | "The Locked ___," 1986 novel by Paul Auster that is a part of his New York trilogy |
| 51% | ISLAND | 6 | Long ___ Iced Tea, cocktail that shares part of its name with a New York metropolitan region |
| 51% | GREETINGS | 9 | Part two of a way to wish loved ones during Christmas and New Years |
| 51% | SEASONS | 7 | Part one of a way to wish loved ones during Christmas and New Years |