| California city in San Diego County | 35 |
| California city near Bakersfield | 32 |
| California city near Los Padres National Forest | 47 |
| California city near San Pablo Bay | 34 |
| California city near Vandenberg Air Force Base | 46 |
| California city NW of Bakersfield | 33 |
| California city on a bay, slangily | 34 |
| California city on its own river | 32 |
| California city on the San Gabriel River | 40 |
| California city south of Monterey | 33 |
| California city where A&W root beer was born | 48 |
| California city where Google was founded | 40 |
| California city whose name describes its location | 49 |
| California city with a horticultural name | 41 |
| California city with a statue of Jack Benny | 43 |
| California city, county or river | 32 |
| California coastal city, familiarly | 35 |
| California community in sight of Mount Soledad | 46 |
| California Congresswoman Lofgren | 32 |
| California county between Sonoma and Yolo | 41 |
| California county known for its viniculture | 43 |
| California county known for its wine | 36 |
| California county north of San Pablo Bay | 40 |
| California county that's home to Death Valley | 49 |
| California county whose seat is Oakland | 39 |
| California county whose seat is Redwood City | 44 |
| California explorer Gaspar de ____ | 34 |
| California forest named after a naturalist | 42 |
| California fort named for a Union general | 41 |
| California governor who was recalled in 2003 | 44 |
| California home of the Bionic Woman | 35 |
| California home of the Crystal Cathedral | 40 |
| California home of the Santa Anita racetrack | 44 |
| California hometown of the Bionic Woman | 39 |
| California judge in the news in 1995 | 36 |
| California locale just south of Camp Pendleton | 46 |
| California mission founder JunÃpero | 38 |
| California missions founder JunÃpero ___ | 43 |
| California MLB team, on scoreboards | 35 |
| California motto ("I have found it!") | 47 |
| California nine, in sports crawl lines | 38 |
| California or Michigan, but not Texas or Idaho | 46 |
| California or Philadelphia, at a sushi bar | 42 |
| California peak for which a soda is named | 41 |
| California Perfume Company, today | 33 |
| California pre-statehood land grants | 36 |
| California R&B singing group turned punk? | 45 |
| California resort town near Santa Barbara | 41 |
| California river named for a common sight in it | 47 |
| California river named for a fish | 33 |
| California river to San Pablo Bay | 33 |
| California river, county or mountain | 36 |
| California setting of the Esalen Institute | 42 |
| California site of an April film festival | 41 |
| California site of Seabiscuit's last race | 45 |
| California site of Zinfest since 2005 | 37 |
| California state park south of Monterey | 39 |
| California State University campus site | 39 |
| California street with a Walk of Style | 38 |
| California town east of Santa Barbara | 37 |
| California town where Clint Eastwood was mayor | 46 |
| California tribe that died out in 1916 | 38 |
| California valley known for its wine | 36 |
| California wine town near Stockton | 34 |
| California woman's imperfection? | 36 |
| California's #1 agricultural export | 39 |
| California's -- National Park | 33 |
| California's busiest airport | 32 |
| California's capital 1849-51 | 33 |
| California's capital, 1852-53 | 33 |
| California's capital, slangily | 34 |
| California's Central Valley, e.g. | 37 |
| California's first state capital | 36 |
| California's governor starred in it | 39 |
| California's governor, facetiously | 38 |
| California's Harvey ___ College | 35 |
| California's Highway 1, for one | 35 |
| California's historic Fort ___ | 34 |
| California's historic Fort ____ | 35 |
| California's home of the Trojans | 36 |
| California's La ___ Tar Pits | 32 |
| California's largest inland city | 36 |
| California's Mission Santa __ | 33 |
| California's Mission Santa ___ | 34 |
| California's mixed-up GELS ON SALE? | 39 |
| California's mixed-up NUT WITH MONEY? | 41 |
| California's mixed-up OSCAR FANS, INC.? | 43 |
| California's mixed-up SNIDE DYLAN? | 38 |
| California's Montaña de ___ State Park | 45 |
| California's most populous county | 37 |
| California's Point __ National Seashore | 43 |
| California's Point ___ National Seashore | 44 |
| California's Point ___ Peninsula | 36 |
| California's San __ Capistrano | 34 |
| California's San ___ Channel | 32 |
| California's Santa __ Mountains | 35 |
| California's Santa __ Valley | 32 |
| California's Santa ___ Mountains | 36 |
| California's Santa ___ Mtns. | 32 |
| California's Santa ___ racetrack | 36 |