| 100% | TPKS | 4 | Some N.Y. and N.J. roads |
| 52% | ICY | 3 | Frozen and slippery, like some roads |
| 51% | CRISP | 5 | N J —, author of stage plays Dangerous Obsession and Fighting Chance |
| 51% | MSM | 3 | N.Y.T. and W.S.J., e.g. |
| 50% | TARRED | 6 | Like some roofs and roads |
| 50% | TARRED | 6 | Like some roads and roofs |
| 50% | ICY | 3 | Like some roads and receptions |
| 50% | ROCKY | 5 | Like some roads and relationships |
| 50% | BMTS | 4 | Some N.Y.C. trains |
| 50% | BARCODE | 7 | Machine-readable data storage system co-developed by Bernard Silver and N J Woodland |
| 50% | STATETAX | 8 | Some of it goes for roads and schools |
| 50% | SALTED | 6 | Like some peanuts and winter roads |
| 50% | ICY | 3 | Like some frozen and slippery roads |
| 50% | SALTED | 6 | Like some popcorn and winter roads |
| 49% | LTS | 3 | Some N.Y.P.D. officers |
| 48% | TRI | 3 | ___-state area (N.Y., N.J. and Conn., e.g.) |
| 48% | ICY | 3 | Frozen over and slipper, as some winter roads |
| 48% | ICY | 3 | Cold and slick, like some roads in winter |
| 46% | MTA | 3 | Letters on some N.Y.C. maps |
| 46% | LGA | 3 | Letters on some N.Y.C. luggage |
| 46% | STS | 3 | Some are numbered in N.Y.C. |
| 46% | UNREPS | 6 | Some diplomats working in N.Y.C. |
| 45% | LGA | 3 | Code on some N.Y.C.-bound luggage |
| 45% | LGA | 3 | Letters on some N.Y.C. baggage tags |
| 45% | ONT | 3 | Neighbor of Minn. and N.Y. |
| 45% | ONT | 3 | Neighbor of N.Y. and Minn. |
| 44% | STS | 3 | N.Y.C.'s Bleecker and Canal |
| 44% | MKTS | 4 | N.Y.S.E. and Nasdaq: Abbr. |
| 44% | MKTS | 4 | Nasdaq and N.Y.S.E.: Abbr. |
| 43% | LEX | 3 | N.Y.C. ave. between Park and Third |