| FAIRYTALE | "... of New York" (The Pogues) (9) |
| AULD | "The boys of the _ choir were singing Galway Bay, and the bells were ringing out, for Christmas Day": Fairytale of New York, The Pogues (4) |
| SINATRA | "___ was swinging, all the drunks they were singing": Fairytale of New York, The Pogues (7) |
| ANNIEHALL | 1977 romantic comedy set in New York, the last film of this genre to win the Best Picture Oscar (5,4) |
| OFNEWYORK | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9,2,3,4) |
| GALWAYBAY | "And the boys of NYPD choir were singing ___ ___": Fairytale of Christmas, The Pogues (6,3) |
| CERTAINTY | A sure thing for TT race in York - the first (9) |
| BELMONT | --- Stakes, horse race for three-year-olds in New York; the third leg of the US Triple Crown (7) |
| TAMPA | New York : The Big Apple :: ___ : The Big Guava |
| HARLEM | Where, in New York, the French are in the wrong |
| STATUE | French gift to New York, the ... of Liberty |
| AGE | Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer drama set in 19th century New York, The ___ of Innocence |
| APPLE | New York the Big one |
| EMPIRE | New York, The ___ State |
| BIGAPPLE | Nickname for New York, The _, _ (3,5) |
| BIG | New York: The - Apple |
| NATIONS | World body with its headquarters in New York, the United ... |
| EPILOGUES | Energy from Pogues masks single left with more than one ending to song for instance (9) |
| RENT | New York's The ___ Is Too Damn High party |
| EPILOGUE | English mouthy type upsets one of The Pogues losing the head - that's one for the books (8) |
