| UPSTATE | Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City |
| RURAL | Like most of New York State, but not New York City |
| EMAIL | Going round Niamey (not New York), having left messages |
| RASP | Talk like Rochester on "The Jack Benny Program" |
| STATES | New York and New Jersey, but not New Zealand |
| STATE | New York or New Hampshire, but not New England |
| MADAM | Woman like Bertha Rochester and a Fleming character |
| DEM | Party of Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks, who were elected in Del. and Md., respectively (November, 2024) |
| CHARLOTTERUSSE | Rochester and Tulsa set for the last course (9,5) |
| ACC | Gp. with Duke and Syracuse |
| NYS | Locale of Rome and Syracuse: Abbr. |
| UTICA | It's between Albany and Syracuse on I-90 |
| REISSUE | It's newly available, but not new |
| GRID | It's grating to be a bore, but not new (4) |
| ORATE | Flowery, but not new, talk (5) |
| TERMINATE | Close call that's instinctive but not new (9) |
| IDEOLOGY | Creed abandoned in Ely, good but not new |
| YOUTHCLUB | Place for kids to buy lunch is unusual, but not new |
| EWER | Pouring vessel that's more recent, but not new (4) |
| LATVIA | A potentially valiant, but not new country (6) |
