| 100% | SIERRAS | 7 | California peaks, with "the" |
| 83% | MOUNTWILSON | 11 | California peak with an observatory |
| 75% | OAKLAND | 7 | California city with the baseball team Athletics |
| 72% | UCLA | 4 | California school with the fight song "Mighty Bruins" (Abbr.) |
| 71% | ASIA | 4 | Continent with the world's highest mountain peaks |
| 69% | HIMALAYAS | 9 | Asian mountain range with the world's highest peak |
| 66% | BIG | 3 | With 14-Across, scenic stretch of the California coast |
| 66% | LAKE | 4 | With 14-Across, water on the California/Nevada border |
| 65% | SHASTA | 6 | Peak that's the home of California's longest glacier |
| 65% | SANDIEGO | 8 | City in California near the border with Mexico |
| 63% | MONTBLANC | 9 | Highest mountain in the Alps, with a white peak |
| 63% | ANA | 3 | Santa ___, California city with the Santora Building |
| 62% | HIMALAYAS | 9 | Mountain range with 10 of the world's highest peaks |
| 62% | SANTA | 5 | With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities |
| 61% | MONTBLANC | 9 | Highest point of the Alps with a peak at 4,808m |
| 61% | OXNARD | 6 | US city in California associated with the strawberry industry |
| 60% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 60% | THEOC | 5 | Teen drama with the theme song "California" |
| 60% | THEOC | 5 | Teen show with the theme song "California" |
| 60% | LANCEITO | 8 | California judge with a lot of TV time in the mid-90s (2 wds.) |
| 59% | THEOC | 5 | 2000s teen drama with the theme song "California" |
| 59% | ALLEYEZONME | 11 | 1996 2Pac album with the hit “California Love” |
| 59% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 58% | SHASTA | 6 | California peak |
| 58% | LASSEN | 6 | California peak |
| 58% | DAVIDLEEROTH | 12 | Singer with the 1985 #3 Billboard hit "California Girls" |
| 58% | KATY | 4 | Singer Perry with the 2010 #1 hit "California Gurls" |
| 58% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | Band with the 1965 #3 Billboard hit "California Girls" |
| 58% | THEOC | 5 | Early-two-thousands drama with the theme song “California” |
| 58% | THEOC | 5 | Early 2000s Fox show with the theme song "California" |