| California cinema center | 24 |
| California city east of L.A. | 28 |
| California city name starter | 28 |
| California city near Berkeley | 29 |
| California city near Stockton | 29 |
| California city on I-5 | 22 |
| California city on Route 66 | 27 |
| California city or river | 24 |
| California city, informally | 27 |
| California coastal city | 23 |
| California coastal region | 25 |
| California college Harvey __ | 28 |
| California congressman | 22 |
| California cop contingent | 25 |
| California county or its seat | 29 |
| California daily, for short | 27 |
| California desert city | 22 |
| California dessert wine | 23 |
| California flag animal | 22 |
| California food fishes | 22 |
| California fossil site | 22 |
| California Gold Rush figure | 27 |
| California gold rush name | 25 |
| California Gold Rush song | 25 |
| California Gold Rush staple | 27 |
| California gold rush town | 25 |
| California Golden Bears rival | 29 |
| California golf locale | 22 |
| California Gov. Gray ___ | 24 |
| California Gov. Wilson | 22 |
| California grape center | 23 |
| California grape region | 23 |
| California grape valley | 23 |
| California Grenache, e.g. | 25 |
| California has a big one | 24 |
| California hikers' mecca | 28 |
| California hockey player | 24 |
| California Indian tribe: Var. | 29 |
| California Indian: var. | 23 |
| California lake or county | 25 |
| California lake resort | 22 |
| California mission founder | 26 |
| California missionary founder | 29 |
| California mountain pass | 24 |
| California national park | 24 |
| California NFL team, briefly | 28 |
| California NFLers, for short | 28 |
| California nine, for short | 26 |
| California nine, to fans | 24 |
| California observatory | 22 |
| California observatory site | 27 |
| California or New Jersey town | 29 |
| California park worker | 22 |
| California political maneuver | 29 |
| California politician Newsom | 28 |
| California prison city | 22 |
| California pumping station? | 27 |
| California racetrack city | 25 |
| California raisin center | 24 |
| California raisin city | 22 |
| California red, briefly | 23 |
| California red, for short | 25 |
| California redwood and others | 29 |
| California redwood, e.g. | 24 |
| California Rep. Dellums | 23 |
| California Rep. Robert | 22 |
| California resort city | 22 |
| California resort island | 24 |
| California roll ingredient | 26 |
| California roll, for example | 28 |
| California rolls and the like | 29 |
| California rolls, e.g. | 22 |
| California seafood treats | 25 |
| California senator and family | 29 |
| California senator Feinstein | 28 |
| California senator since 1993 | 29 |
| California shoe company | 23 |
| California shopping mecca | 25 |
| California ski attraction | 25 |
| California stakes race | 22 |
| California state flowers | 24 |
| California Surf Museum city | 27 |
| California surfer's mecca | 29 |
| California surfers' mecca | 29 |
| California timber tree | 22 |
| California tourist attraction | 29 |
| California town name starter | 28 |
| California town or pine | 23 |
| California turkey center | 24 |
| California university city | 26 |
| California vacation area | 24 |
| California vacation spot | 24 |
| California vineyard valley | 26 |
| California vintner Robert | 25 |
| California volcanic peak | 24 |
| California wine center | 22 |
| California wine country | 23 |
| California wine country city | 28 |
| California wine county | 22 |
| California wine district | 24 |