| LIVE | "___ from New York, it's..." |
| SATURDAYNIGHT | "Live from New York, it's ___!" |
| LOONY | Look round New York - it's crazy! (5) |
| SAYINDEFENSE | Short proverb offers protection in New York - it's a justifiable retort to American judgemental figu |
| NINETY | But, in New York, it's one plus ten, maybe! (6) |
| REDBLOODCELL | Revolutionary family has mobile in New York - it's one of those colourful airy types in circulation (3,5,4) |
| CAB | In New York it's yellow; in California, black (3) |
| TEENY | Take a golf peg to New York - it's very small (5) |
| ACITY | "I want to wake up in ___ that doesn't sleep" (from "New York, New York") |
| BROADGRIN | Local woman from New York on gin outside, reading with smile from ear to ear (5,4) |
| ABUDHABI | A friend from New York and most of the outfit from sheikhdom (3,5) |
| SNAKEPLISSKEN | Character played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter action films Escape from New York and Escape from LA |
| JETSET | Elite team from New York and from Paris (3, 3) |
| NYSTATIN | Which anti-fungal antibiotic took part of its name from New York State, where it was developed? (8) |
| SNAKE | Protagonist of the John Carpenter films Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996), played by Kurt Russell (5) |
| PLISSKEN | Protagonist of the John Carpenter films Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996), played by Kurt Russell (8) |
| MANHATTANTRANSFER | "Boy from New York City" group |
| SNL | "Live from New York!" letters |
| ADLIBS | "The Boy From New York City" singers, with "The" |
| LARUE | Actor Jack from New York |
