| 100% | MENUHIN | 7 | Yehudi —, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| 58% | MCCOMB | 6 | John —, US architect; co-designer of New York City Hall who died in 1853 |
| 52% | HEIFETZ | 7 | Jascha —, Vilnius-born violinist who debuted at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1917 |
| 52% | HEIFETZ | 7 | Jascha -, Vilnius-born violinist who debuted at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1917 |
| 49% | BALANCHINE | 10 | George —, Russian-born classical ballet choreographer who died in New York in 1983 |
| 47% | BASQUIAT | 8 | New York artist who died in 1988 aged just 27 |
| 45% | RODHULL | 7 | Entertainer associated with the puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 45% | MERRILL | 7 | Robert —, New York City-born baritone whose Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1945 |
| 44% | GENE | 4 | Film critic Siskel who died in 1999 |
| 44% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer associated with puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 44% | ERNIE | 5 | & 19D Comedy partner of Eric Morecambe who died in 1999 |
| 44% | ERNIE | 5 | & 22D Comedy partner of Eric Morecambe who died in 1999 |
| 44% | GRAPPELLI | 9 | Stephane —, French jazz violinist who died in 1997 |
| 43% | UTICA | 5 | New York city in the Mohawk Valley |
| 43% | CALLAS | 6 | Maria —, New York-born operatic soprano who died in 1977 |
| 43% | ERIC | 4 | Adams who became Mayor of New York City in 2022 |
| 43% | RYE | 3 | New York city where Ogden Nash was born |
| 42% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer who died in 1999, associated with the puppet Emu |
| 42% | HUMID | 5 | Like New York City in the summer |
| 42% | RUDEST | 6 | Like New York City drivers, in popular belief |
| 42% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor who died in The New Yorker Hotel |
| 41% | VANDERBILT | 10 | Cornelius —, New York-born businessman and philanthropist who died in 1877 |
| 41% | MELTORME | 8 | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 |
| 41% | NKOMO | 5 | Joshua —, founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union who died in 1999 |
| 41% | CANALSTREET | 11 | New York City thoroughfare mentioned in Van Morrison's song "Bulbs" |
| 41% | ELMIRA | 6 | Upstate New York city where Mark Twain was born |
| 41% | BROOKLYN | 8 | This iconic New York City bridge opened in 1883 |
| 41% | EMPIRESTATE | 11 | & 13D New York City skyscraper officially opened in 1931 |