| PARKINGSPACE | Rare find in New York City |
| NODDY | Children's character strange to find in New York |
| HENSTEETH | Rare find, in an idiom |
| INFRARED | Rare find unfortunately can't be seen (8) |
| GEM | Rare find |
| FOURLEAFCLOVER | A forceful, eccentric fan's a rare find |
| FUNDRAISER | Amazing us, rare find — means to make money |
| ODDITY | Rare find |
| STARLING | This is a chunky iridescent black bird with a long sharp bill. The millions in North America are descendants of 100 birds released in New York City in 1890-91. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 1, scene 3), He |
| HARLEM | A section in New York City, New York (USA) |
| EAST | ? River, navigable tidal strait that links Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound in New York City (4) |
| UN | An international organization of nations based in New York City, New York, USA |
| EASTRIVER | Navigable tidal strait that links Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound in New York City |
| RIVER | Navigable tidal strait that links Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound in New York City (4,5) |
| SINGER | ___ Building, company headquarters erected in 1908 in New York City, at the time the tallest building in the world |
| BAEZ | Joan, folksinger born in New York City in 1941 (4) |
| THEBRONXZOO | Place to find alligators in New York City |
| ZEPPELINSUBHERO | . . . in Pennsylvania, most anywhere, in New York City |
| ZONED | "___ Out!: Race, Displacement, and City Planning in New York City" |
| RATS | Target of a new czar in New York City |