- NEWYORK
- Site of modern Troy
- Paul Auster's "___" trilogy
- Where Rome may be found
- Its state flower is the rose
- Gotham
- With 65 Across puzzle's theme
- Runyon's burg
- Baseball Hall of Fame state
- Of the 48 states, it has the largest island
- Where Rome is
- Mets home
- Where West Point is
- Brooklyn Bridge locale
- See 6 Across
- The Empire State
- Only state with two Ivy League schools
- The Big Apple
- State of mind of song
- See 33-Across
- Where Hell's Kitchen is.
- Home of 14,830,192.
- Ball club.
- It's Democratic after 12 years.
- American city.
- Theatrical mecca.
- Baghdad on the Subway.
- Destination of 41 Across
- Sinatra made it there
- Amsterdam site
- I love ___ (Big Apple catchphrase): 2 wds.
- Buffalo's home
- Frequent location of 58-/46-Across movies
- Rome's home
- See 26-/28-Down
- When repeated, a Las Vegas casino
- With 20-Across, where the first-ever crossword puzzle appeared
- Home of the Belmont Stakes
- With 40-Across, where Broadway is
- With 42-Across, Frank Sinatra signature song
- Orange avenue in Monopoly
- When repeated, Frank Sinatra title city
- Publishing debut of 1851, with "The"
- Ground Zero location
- MASSACHUSETTS
- *" 'Ey, I'm walkin' here!"
- Dutch stronghold, once
- Home to the Mets and Rangers
- Subway Series locale
- Post office setting?