| 100% | NASDAQ | 6 | US stock exchange founded in 1971 and based in New York City |
| 43% | MLB | 3 | Sports org. based in New York City (Abbr.) |
| 42% | STS | 3 | Bleecker, Wall, and Houston, in New York City: Abbr. |
| 41% | TABOO | 5 | Like eating pizza with a fork and knife in New York City |
| 41% | STATIONS | 8 | Times Square and Columbus Circle, in New York City |
| 40% | BROADWAY | 8 | Thoroughfare in New York City, US, famous for its theatres |
| 39% | TROYS | 5 | Classical-sounding cities in New York and Michigan |
| 39% | TAP | 3 | ___ City, annual dance festival in New York City that was founded by Tony Waag |
| 38% | BROAD | 5 | "___ City," TV show starring Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer that is set in New York City |
| 38% | UTICA | 5 | City in upstate New York between Albany and Rochester |
| 38% | WILL | 4 | "___ & Grace," TV show starring Will Truman and Grace Adler that is set in New York City |
| 37% | CONEY | 5 | Kind of dog found in New York City |
| 37% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MCCOMB | 6 | John —, US architect; co-designer of New York City Hall who died in 1853 |
| 37% | CONEY | 5 | & 18D Seaside resort and area of amusement parks in southern Brooklyn, New York City |
| 37% | MIAMI | 5 | Second-most visited city in the US, after New York |
| 36% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 36% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ACTORSSTUDIO | 12 | The —, organisation in Manhattan, New York City, founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford et alii |
| 35% | SCHENECTADY | 11 | City in eastern New York State founded on the south side of the Mohawk River |
| 35% | ROSWELL | 7 | City in New Mexico, US, that housed the Walker Air Force Base from 1942-67 |
| 35% | HACKENSACK | 10 | River in New Jersey and New York, US, that flows into Newark Bay |
| 35% | ZEPPELINSUBHERO | 15 | . . . in Pennsylvania, most anywhere, in New York City |
| 35% | PARK | 4 | Place in New York City? |
| 34% | VOGUE | 5 | Fashion magazine based in New York |
| 34% | BROADWAYCLOSING | 15 | *Lights out in New York City |
| 34% | BIGAPPLECIRCUITS | 16 | Electrical paths in New York City? |
| 34% | AIRSPACE | 8 | Valuable commodity in New York City |