| 100% | WEST | 4 | ___ Coast (where California is) |
| 75% | MENDOCINO | 9 | California county where Fort Bragg is |
| 73% | CARMEL | 6 | California town where Clint Eastwood was mayor |
| 72% | BAJA | 4 | ___ California (peninsula where Cabo San Lucas is) |
| 70% | NAPA | 4 | California valley where the movie "Wine Country" is set |
| 70% | LODI | 4 | California city where A & W root beer was born |
| 70% | LOSALTOS | 8 | California city where the first Apple computer was built |
| 70% | PASADENA | 8 | California city where the first 15-Across was played |
| 70% | BAJA | 4 | ___ California (Mexican peninsula where Cabo San Lucas is) |
| 69% | NAPA | 4 | California valley where the 2019 movie "Wine Country" is set |
| 69% | WASHINGTON | 10 | East Coast city where 32-Across was born |
| 68% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | California district where films are made |
| 67% | ANA | 3 | Santa ___, city in California where Michelle Pfeiffer was born |
| 65% | EAST | 4 | California-to-New York direction (and where this answer is in the diagram) |
| 65% | BAYAREA | 7 | California region where the 49ers, Giants, Sharks, and Athletics are based (2 wds.) |
| 65% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school where 52-Across was a four-sport athlete |
| 64% | SACS | 4 | Facility where men are incarcerated in Folsom, California (abbr.) |
| 64% | ORE | 3 | West Coast state where "Grimm" was filmed: Abbr. |
| 64% | EAST | 4 | ___ Coast (where New York City is) |
| 62% | SAN | 3 | ___ Francisco, California city where the final Charter of the United Nations was born |
| 61% | BAJA | 4 | ___ California (where Cabo San Lucas is) |
| 60% | BAJA | 4 | ___ California Sur (where Cabo San Lucas is) |
| 60% | BAJA | 4 | ___ California (Mexican state where Tijuana is) |
| 59% | FARWEST | 7 | California is in it |
| 59% | AFT | 3 | Where the tiller is |
| 59% | ALBERTA | 7 | Where Medicine Hat is |
| 59% | KNEE | 4 | Where the patella is |
| 59% | ARENA | 5 | Where the action is |
| 59% | OME | 3 | Where the 'eart is |
| 59% | ROME | 4 | Where the Vatican is |