| 100% | UCSB | 4 | Golden State school up the coast from L.A. |
| 81% | UCSB | 4 | Golden State sch. up the coast from L.A. |
| 75% | UCSB | 4 | School up the coast from L.A. |
| 62% | UCSB | 4 | College up the coast from L.A. |
| 55% | UCSB | 4 | State school roughly 100 miles up the coast from Los Angeles (Abbr.) |
| 51% | UCLA | 4 | Golden State school with a campus near the Pacific Ocean: Abbr. |
| 45% | SFO | 3 | Airport up the coast from LAX |
| 45% | OPORTO | 6 | City up the coast from Lisbon |
| 44% | ACCRA | 5 | Capital up the coast from Cape Coast |
| 44% | BOCA | 4 | It's up the coast from Lauderdale |
| 44% | BOCARATON | 9 | City up the coast from Fort Lauderdale |
| 44% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Golden State Warriors player who had a pre-game ritual of taking shots from near the tunnel: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CALAIS | 6 | French port just up the coast from Boulogne |
| 38% | OLDIE | 5 | A golden ___, a hit song from the past |
| 38% | SECESSION | 9 | The action of withdrawing from a political state |
| 38% | ABSENCE | 7 | The state of being away from a place |
| 37% | CALI | 4 | The Golden State with a "Golden Gate," for short |
| 37% | KOPJE | 5 | A small hill rising up from the African veld |
| 37% | UPROOTED | 8 | Pulled a plant up from the ground |
| 37% | UCSB | 4 | State school near L.A. |
| 36% | SHOULDER | 8 | Upper part of the arm where a bag can hang from |
| 36% | MISSUSA | 7 | Beauty queen title for a woman from the States |
| 36% | CANOODLES | 9 | Pasta from the Golden State? |
| 36% | EGGDROP | 7 | Physics demonstration often done from the roof of a school |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks up from the water |
| 35% | UCSB | 4 | Golden State school inits. |
| 35% | ETA | 3 | Info for someone picking up a friend from the airport: Abbr. |
| 35% | SAND | 4 | It might be picked up from a trip to the beach |
| 35% | UCAL | 4 | Golden State school, for short |
| 34% | TANFORD | 7 | President Gerald, after basking in the sun? (going from a school in California ...) |