| California valley where "Sideways" took place | 55 |
| California valley known for its wine | 36 |
| California valley | 17 |
| California vacation spot | 24 |
| California vacation area | 24 |
| California university city | 26 |
| California turkey center | 24 |
| California tribe that died out in 1916 | 38 |
| California town with an accidentally palindromic bakery | 55 |
| California town whose name means "the river" | 54 |
| California town where Clint Eastwood was mayor | 46 |
| California town that used to have a palindromic bakery | 54 |
| California town or pine | 23 |
| California town name starter | 28 |
| California town home to the Six Million Dollar Man | 50 |
| California town east of Santa Barbara | 37 |
| California town | 15 |
| California tourist spot in "Planet of the Apes"? | 58 |
| California tourist attraction | 29 |
| California timber tree | 22 |
| California theme park | 21 |
| California team [and 18 letters in the grid to circle ... and then connect using three lines] | 93 |
| California team | 15 |
| California tax refund, perhaps | 30 |
| California tar pits | 19 |
| California table wine | 21 |
| California surfers' mecca | 29 |
| California surfer's mecca | 29 |
| California Surf Museum city | 27 |
| California street with a Walk of Style | 38 |
| California State University campus site | 39 |
| California State Route 1 along the shore, for short | 51 |
| California state park south of Monterey | 39 |
| California state flowers | 24 |
| California stakes race | 22 |
| California ski attraction | 25 |
| California site of Zinfest since 2005 | 37 |
| California site of Seabiscuit's last race | 45 |
| California site of Francis Ford Coppola's Rubicon Estate | 60 |
| California site of an April film festival | 41 |
| California sight | 16 |
| California shrubs | 17 |
| California shopping mecca | 25 |
| California shoe company | 23 |
| California setting of the Esalen Institute | 42 |
| California setting for the National Puzzlers' League convention? | 68 |
| California senator since 1993 | 29 |
| California senator Feinstein | 28 |
| California senator and family | 29 |
| California senator | 18 |
| California section | 18 |
| California seafood treats | 25 |
| California seafood | 18 |
| California Santa? | 17 |
| California Santa | 16 |
| California rolls, e.g. | 22 |
| California rolls and the like | 29 |
| California roll, for example | 28 |
| California roll wrap | 20 |
| California roll ingredient | 26 |
| California rockfish | 19 |
| California river, county or mountain | 36 |
| California river to San Pablo Bay | 33 |
| California river named for a fish | 33 |
| California river named for a common sight in it | 47 |
| California river | 16 |
| California resort town near Santa Barbara | 41 |
| California resort island | 24 |
| California resort city | 22 |
| California Rep. Robert | 22 |
| California Rep. Dellums | 23 |
| California region | 17 |
| California redwood, e.g. | 24 |
| California redwood and others | 29 |
| California redwood | 18 |
| California red, for short | 25 |
| California red, briefly | 23 |
| California red | 14 |
| California raisin crop capital | 30 |
| California raisin city | 22 |
| California raisin center | 24 |
| California racetrack city | 25 |
| California racetrack | 20 |
| California R&B singing group turned punk? | 45 |
| California pumping station? | 27 |
| California products | 19 |
| California pro team | 19 |
| California pro football player | 30 |
| California pro | 14 |
| California prison city | 22 |
| California prison | 17 |
| California pre-statehood land grants | 36 |
| California politician Newsom | 28 |
| California political maneuver | 29 |
| California pledge? | 18 |
| California Perfume Company, today | 33 |
| California peninsula | 20 |
| California peak rumored to hide advanced beings called Lemurians | 64 |
| California peak for which a soda is named | 41 |
| California peak | 15 |