| California air hazard | 21 |
| California aboriginal | 21 |
| California 500 race site | 24 |
| California "Puzzle" band | 34 |
| California "castle" builder | 37 |
| California | 10 |
| Californa mountain range: ___ Nevada | 36 |
| Calif.-to-Fla. hwy. | 19 |
| Calif.-to-Fla. highway | 22 |
| Calif.-Nev. lake | 16 |
| Calif.-Nev. boundary lake | 25 |
| Calif.-Fla. route | 17 |
| Calif., Wash. or Ore. time zones | 32 |
| Calif., Ore., and Wash. time zones | 34 |
| Calif., Ore. and Wash. time zones | 33 |
| Calif.'s ___ Valley | 23 |
| Calif.'s ___ Pass | 21 |
| Calif.'s Sierra Nevadas, e.g. | 33 |
| Calif.'s second-busiest airport | 35 |
| Calif.'s San ___ | 20 |
| Calif.'s ocean | 18 |
| Calif.'s northern neighbor | 30 |
| Calif.'s Mount ___ | 22 |
| Calif.'s motto | 18 |
| Calif.'s Governor Wilson | 28 |
| Calif.'s Fort ___ | 21 |
| Calif.'s Big ___ | 20 |
| Calif. zone | 11 |
| Calif. Yo La Tengo label | 24 |
| Calif. winter time | 18 |
| Calif. wine valley | 18 |
| Calif. wine region | 18 |
| Calif. wine grape | 17 |
| Calif. wine district | 20 |
| Calif. wine city | 16 |
| Calif. wine center | 18 |
| Calif. wine area | 16 |
| Calif. white oak | 16 |
| Calif. vintner | 14 |
| Calif. valley | 13 |
| Calif. univ. | 12 |
| Calif. track | 12 |
| Calif. town | 11 |
| Calif. tourist lure | 19 |
| Calif. tourist attraction | 25 |
| Calif. touchdown site | 21 |
| Calif. time zone | 16 |
| Calif. time | 11 |
| Calif. therapy group | 20 |
| Calif. state college | 20 |
| Calif. spot for Mr. America | 27 |
| Calif. setting? | 15 |
| Calif. setting for "Stand and Deliver" | 48 |
| Calif. setting | 14 |
| Calif. seafood choice | 21 |
| Calif. seafood | 14 |
| Calif. sea specialty | 20 |
| Calif. sea | 10 |
| Calif. school | 13 |
| Calif. rockfish | 15 |
| Calif. river | 12 |
| Calif. resort lake | 18 |
| Calif. resort | 13 |
| Calif. Rep. | 11 |
| Calif. range | 12 |
| Calif. raisin center | 20 |
| Calif. race track | 17 |
| Calif. poppies | 14 |
| Calif. pitching arms, slangily | 30 |
| Calif. pine | 11 |
| Calif. pearl-fishing center | 27 |
| Calif. peak | 11 |
| Calif. paper | 12 |
| Calif. orange | 13 |
| Calif. observatory site | 23 |
| Calif. observatory | 18 |
| Calif. oak | 10 |
| Calif. newspaper | 16 |
| Calif. neighbor | 15 |
| Calif. name | 11 |
| Calif. mountain | 15 |
| Calif. mount | 12 |
| Calif. motto | 12 |
| Calif. mollusk | 14 |
| Calif. missionary Junipero: 1713–84 | 42 |
| Calif. mission founder | 22 |
| Calif. menu items | 17 |
| Calif. Marine Corps center | 26 |
| Calif. law-enforcement org. | 27 |
| Calif. law group | 16 |
| Calif. law enforcement ltrs. | 28 |
| Calif. inst. | 12 |
| Calif. ingénues | 18 |
| Calif. Indians | 14 |
| Calif. Indian tribe | 19 |
| Calif. Indian | 13 |
| Calif. hub | 10 |
| Calif. hrs. | 11 |
| Calif. hours | 12 |
| Calif. hot spot | 15 |