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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ELLIS Samuel, for whom a New York Bay island is named (5) Wall Street Journal Jun 15, 2015
6% THEM They whom shall not be named (4) Newsday Jan 30, 2026
6% DYNASTY The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g. (7) New York Times Jan 22, 2026
6% CONEY New York's ____ Island (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 8, 2025
6% STATEN New York Bay's ___ Island (6)
6% BEDLOE ___ Island, in New York Bay. (6)
5% CLEMENS Samuel __, birth name of Mark Twain (7) (7) The Guardian Weekend Jan 31, 2026
5% ONTARIO It borders both Minnesota and New York (7) Universal Jan 30, 2026
5% ERIE New York canal (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 29, 2026
5% FINEST New York's ___ (NYPD title) (6)

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