| HACKENSACK | River in New Jersey and New York, US, that flows into Newark Bay |
| HUDSON | US river whose southern end forms a physical boundary between the states of New Jersey and New York (6) |
| ESSEX | County in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York |
| CAMDEN | A city in New Jersey - and a borough in London (6) |
| USA | Where New Jersey and New Mexico are: Abbr. |
| OSWEGO | ? River, large stream in upstate New York, US, flowing into Lake Ontario |
| OSAGE | ___ River, tributary of the Missouri River in the US that flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoi |
| MOHAWK | Largest tributary of the Hudson River in the state of New York, US (6) |
| KNICKS | New York ---, US NBA basketball champions in 1970 and 1973 (6) |
| UN | An international organization of nations based in New York City, New York, USA |
| HARLEM | A section in New York City, New York (USA) |
| TRISTATE | Involving New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, for example |
| TUNNEL | The Lincoln between New Jersey and NewYork or the Channel between England and France |
| CORYBOOKER | US senator from New Jersey and 2020 presidential candidate who follows a vegan diet: 2 wds. |
| BONJOVI | US rock group whose UK no 1 albums include New Jersey and These Days (3,4) |
| INJOKE | Cliquey gag that is entertaining New Jersey and Oklahoma |
| THEBIGAPPLE | Nickname for New York, New York, USA |
| ONEIDA | ? Lake, large body of water northeast of Syracuse, New York, US |
| CLUTHA | Gold-bearing watercourse; the second-longest river in New Zealand and longest in the South Island (6) |
| HENRYHUDSON | English explorer and navigator after whom a river in New York State is named (5,6) |
