| 100% | CENTRALPARK | 11 | Sight from the Empire State Building observatory |
| 54% | EDIFICE | 7 | The Empire State Building, for one |
| 53% | DECO | 4 | Like the Empire State Building |
| 53% | ARTDECO | 7 | Like the Empire State Building |
| 53% | STORIES | 7 | The Empire State Building has 102 of them |
| 52% | ARTDECO | 7 | The Empire State Building's design style (2 wds.) |
| 52% | DECO | 4 | Artistic style of the Empire State Building |
| 52% | DECO | 4 | Art style of the Empire State Building |
| 52% | NYC | 3 | Where the Empire State Building is: Abbr. |
| 52% | NYC | 3 | Home to the Empire State Building: Abbr. |
| 52% | KINGKONG | 8 | Ape that climbed the Empire State Building |
| 52% | DECO | 4 | Art ___ (style of the Empire State Building) |
| 52% | DECO | 4 | Style of the Empire State Building, informally |
| 52% | NYC | 3 | Home of the Empire State Building: Abbr. |
| 52% | ARTDECO | 7 | Architectural style of the Empire State Building |
| 52% | LIMESTONE | 9 | Material for the Empire State Building's facade |
| 52% | ARTDECO | 7 | Style of the Empire State Building: 2 wds. |
| 52% | KINGKONG | 8 | Enormous movie ape atop the Empire State Building |
| 52% | KINGKONG | 8 | Fictional ape that climbed the Empire State Building |
| 51% | NEWYORK | 7 | City that houses the Empire State Building: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ART | 3 | With 38-Down, style of the Empire State Building |
| 51% | TON | 3 | One of 365,000 for the Empire State Building |
| 50% | WNET | 4 | PBS station with a transmitter on the Empire State Building |
| 50% | NYC | 3 | Home to Times Square and the Empire State Building: Abbr. |
| 50% | WRAY | 4 | Guest of honor at the Empire State Building's 60th anniversary |
| 50% | KINGKONG | 8 | Fictional ape who famously climbs the Empire State Building: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KINGKONGOLDENPOND | 17 | Double feature! Fonda and Hepburn dodge gunfire atop the Empire State Building! |
| 49% | SLEEPLESS | 9 | *With 55-Across, rom-com that ends atop the Empire State Building |
| 48% | CODE | 4 | Zip ___, address identification number that the Empire State Building has its own of |
| 46% | KINGKONG | 8 | The gorilla who climbed the Empire State Building |