| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SIDE | East or West of New York |
| NOLITA | New York area east of SoHo |
| ONEONTA | City of east central New York |
| FREDMERTZ | Fictional landlord at 623 East 68 Street, New York |
| ELMIRA | New York city west of Binghamton |
| QADDAFI | "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episode of "The West Wing" |
| seneca | member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie |
