| 100% | NUEVAYORK | 9 | The Big Apple, in Spanish |
| 83% | NUYORICAN | 9 | Spanish dialect in the Big Apple |
| 78% | NYNY | 4 | The Big Apple, in addresses |
| 74% | FDNY | 4 | The Big Apple's "bravest," in brief |
| 70% | METS | 4 | Big Apple team in the National League |
| 67% | NYU | 3 | School in the Big Apple |
| 67% | GIULIANI | 8 | Big name in the Big Apple |
| 66% | NYU | 3 | College in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 66% | NYU | 3 | School in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 66% | NYU | 3 | Campus in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 65% | CITY | 4 | (2/3) Concrete jungle like the Big Apple that's always in a hustle |
| 65% | FDNY | 4 | The Bravest in the Big Apple, for short |
| 64% | WNET | 4 | PBS station in the Big Apple |
| 64% | LGA | 3 | Airport code in the Big Apple |
| 64% | MET | 3 | Art museum in the Big Apple |
| 64% | NUEVA | 5 | ___ York (the Big Apple, in Baja) |
| 64% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school attended by many of the characters in "Gossip Girl": Abbr. |
| 64% | NYU | 3 | College in the Big Apple's Greenwich Village: Abbr. |
| 64% | NYT | 3 | Newspaper based in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 64% | NYU | 3 | College located in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 64% | NYG | 3 | People rushing in the Big Apple, briefly? |
| 64% | EST | 3 | Winter hours in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 63% | EST | 3 | Winter hrs. in the Big Apple |
| 62% | EMPIRESTATE | 11 | Big Apple building where you can gaze out from 1,250 feet in the air |
| 62% | CITIBIKES | 9 | Wheels for rent in the Big Apple |
| 62% | DKNY | 4 | Fashion house based in the Big Apple |
| 62% | CSINY | 5 | TV procedural set in the Big Apple |
| 62% | DKNY | 4 | Fashion label based in the Big Apple |
| 62% | CSINY | 5 | Forensic drama set in the Big Apple |
| 62% | METS | 4 | National League team in the Big Apple |