| BODEGACAT | Nonhuman "employee" in a New York City corner store |
| BODEGA | Word, sharing a Greek root with "apothecary, boutique, store", for a Spanish cellar, Hispanic shop or urban NYC corner deli for food, small groceries, wine and often more (6) |
| SPARTA | Greek city corners recalled Athens at first |
| 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. |
| BUFFALOBUFFALO | Bovine in a New York city? |
| ROSEMARYSBABY | 1968 horror film set in a New York City apartment |
| SHOPGIRL | Female employee in a retail store |
| QADDAFI | "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episod |
| SOSA | Athlete feted with a New York City ticker-tape parade in 1998 |
| SAKS | Department store with a New York City flagship |
| JFK | Initials of a president and a New York City airport |
| XSQUARE | Where a New York City ball drops on New Year's Eve |
| METERMAID | Municipal employee in a Beatles song |
| ADJUDGE | Radio employee in a compromise first off has to decide (7) |
| HAIRSTYLIST | Hastily stir terrible employee in a salon? (11) |
| BELLBOY | Title hotel employee in a 1960 Jerry Lewis film, with "The" |
| ASSTDA | Certain employee in a prosecutor's office, for short |
| LAD | Landowner ignoring Irish employee in a stable (3) |
| CONCIERGE | Employee in a hotel who assists residents (9) |
| USHERETTE | Female employee in a theatre or cinema (9) |
