| SAL | ___ Mineo : New York born actor? |
| JIMMY | New York-born actor whose film roles include Agent John Travis in Bless the Child (5,5) |
| SMITS | Down New York-born actor whose film roles include Agent John Travis in Bless the Child (5,5) |
| STEVE | New York-born actor; director of films Animal Factory and Lonesome Jim (5,7) |
| SEGAL | George ___ (b 1934), New York-born actor who starred in A Touch of Class (5) |
| BUSCEMI | Steve, New York-born actor who directed the 1996 film Trees Lounge (7) |
| THRONE | New York-born actor whose television roles included Noah Bain in the series It Takes A Thief (7,6) |
| MALACHI | New York-born actor whose television roles included Noah Bain in the series It Takes A Thief (7,6) |
| TONY | and 12ac, New York-born Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Defiant Ones |
| CURTIS | New York-born Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Defiant Ones (4,6) |
| BUDPOWELL | New York-born jazz pianist whose compositions include Tempus Fugue-it (3,6) |
| MAEWEST | New York-born comic actress whose film roles included Flower Belle Lee in My Little Chickadee (3,4) |
| CALLAS | New York-born soprano |
| VANDERBILT | Cornelius ___, New York-born businessman and philanthropist who died in 1877 (10) |
| DEVALERA | New York-born Irish president (2,6) |
| CAROLE | --- King, prolific New York-born singer-songwriter |
| FEININGER | Lyonel ?, New York-born artist whose works include 1920 oil Hopfgarten |
| EPSTEIN | Jacob ___ (1880-1959), New York-born sculptor, knighted in 1954 (7) |
| ROCKWELL | Norman, New York-born illustrator who died in 1978 (8) |
| KLEIN | Calvin, New York-born fashion designer (5) |