| 100% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times started calling them "guest essays" in 2021 |
| 65% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times is now calling them "guest essays" |
| 62% | OPED | 4 | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| 48% | ESSAYS | 6 | Guest ___, what The New York Times calls op-eds |
| 44% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph who purchased The New York Times in 1896 |
| 42% | DANA | 4 | Actor Delany, who co-wrote a crossword for The New York Times in 2011 |
| 41% | MANOWAR | 7 | Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 |
| 39% | OPED | 4 | The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970 |
| 39% | OREO | 4 | Most common cookie in the New York Times crossword |
| 39% | SALK | 4 | Scientist who was called the "Father of Biophilosophy" in the New York Times in 1966 |
| 39% | NYT | 3 | The New York Times: Abbr. |
| 39% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Michael Crichton novel that spent eight weeks at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 39% | PAPER | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |
| 39% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | The New York Times, for example |
| 39% | DAILY | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |
| 38% | BEE | 3 | Spelling ___ (word game in the New York Times) |
| 38% | LIU | 3 | The New York Times Connections editor Wyna |
| 38% | YANKEES | 7 | New York ___ vs Boston Red Sox, legendary rivalry on the baseball field that started in 1903 |
| 38% | STACEYABRAMS | 12 | Fair Fight Action founder and author of 19-Across and 33-Across whose legal thriller "While Justice Sleeps" topped "The New York Times" fiction bestseller list in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | UPSHOT | 6 | The New York Times' data visualization arm: The __ |
| 38% | MEDIA | 5 | Industry for the New York Times |
| 38% | OCHS | 4 | Adolph of The New York Times |
| 38% | ARTS | 4 | Section of The New York Times |
| 37% | BLOG | 4 | The New York Times crossword's "Wordplay," for one |
| 37% | DAILY | 5 | Like the New York Times mini puzzle |
| 37% | PAYWALL | 7 | Feature of the New York Times website |
| 37% | COMICS | 6 | Common newspaper feature not seen in The New York Times |
| 37% | RENZO | 5 | ___ Piano, designer of The New York Times Building |
| 37% | DEAN | 4 | ___ Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times |