| WESTSIDE | 1961 film based on Romeo and Juliet, set in a New York slum (4,4,5) |
| WESTSIDESTORY | 1961 film based on "Romeo and Juliet" |
| VERONA | In which city is Romeo and Juliet set? (6) |
| WHISTLE | "_ Down the Wind", 1961 film based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell (7) |
| ROSEMARYSBABY | 1968 horror film set in a New York City apartment |
| PAIROFFQUEENS | Find matches for everybody in a New York borough? |
| MADMEN | Series starring Jon Hamm, set in a New York advertising agency in the 1960s (3,3) |
| PLAZASUITE | 1968 Neil Simon play set in a New York hotel (5,5) |
| MEN | Mad ___, series set in a New York advertising agency (3) |
| MAIDINMANHATTAN | Jennifer Lopez rom-com set in a New York hotel |
| SLIVER | 1991 novel by Ira Levin set in a New York apartment building (6) |
| CLARKSTORY | The Ron ___ 2006 film starring Matthew Perry based on a real life educator who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City public school: 2 wds. |
| GREASER | Gang member in musical based on Romeo |
| REDOAKS | Amazon comedy/drama set in a New Jersey country club in the 1980s |
| MYSTICPIZZA | 1988 film set in a New England pie maker's shop |
| PARTIPRIS | Bias in advice on Romeo initially, Juliet's intended to accept |
| STARWARS | Leading actor lived to take on Romeo in film (4,4) |
| QADDAFI | "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episod |
| LOVEISLAND | Reality dating series called a "riveting human rights violation" in a New York Times opinion piece |
| TENANCY | Trap set up with cocaine in a New York residence (7) |