| 100% | BORO | 4 | The Bronx or Brooklyn, informally |
| 82% | BORO | 4 | Brooklyn or the Bronx, informally |
| 79% | BOROUGH | 7 | The Bronx or Brooklyn |
| 56% | YANKS | 5 | The Bronx Bombers, informally |
| 54% | AROD | 4 | #13 in the Bronx, informally |
| 52% | ZOO | 3 | Big tourist attraction in the Bronx or San Diego |
| 45% | BORO | 4 | Manhattan or The Bronx, for short |
| 43% | LETSGOYANKEES | 13 | Cheer heard in the Bronx, or a phonetic hint for making the starred clues match their answers |
| 43% | LANDMARK | 8 | Easily recognized feature, like the Washington Monument or the Brooklyn Bridge |
| 42% | NYC | 3 | Where Brooklyn and the Bronx are: Abbr. |
| 40% | NYC | 3 | Home to Brooklyn and the Bronx: Abbr. |
| 40% | MERCEDES | 8 | "The best or nothing" sloganeer, informally |
| 40% | RANDD | 5 | Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 39% | REP | 3 | Single curl or crunch in the gym, also used to informally refer to an agent |
| 39% | NYY | 3 | The Bronx Bombers, briefly |
| 38% | NYY | 3 | The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards |
| 37% | ZOO | 3 | The Bronx has a famous one |
| 37% | NYC | 3 | The Bronx's city, for short |
| 37% | BOR | 3 | Queens or Brooklyn (Abbr.) |
| 37% | JEERAT | 6 | Give the Bronx cheer |
| 37% | RAZZ | 4 | Give the Bronx cheer |
| 37% | THROGSNECK | 10 | Neighborhood in the Bronx |
| 37% | SOTOMAYOR | 9 | Justice from the Bronx |
| 37% | ZOOEXHIBIT | 10 | Madagascar!, in the Bronx |
| 37% | FORDHAM | 7 | University in the Bronx |
| 37% | AARON | 5 | Judge in the Bronx |
| 37% | AOC | 3 | Rep. from the Bronx |
| 37% | XXX | 3 | Rep. from the Bronx |
| 36% | ACRES | 5 | The Bronx Zoo has 265 of them |
| 36% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Cleveland or Brooklyn |