| 100% | CALIF | 5 | Where L.A. and S.F. are |
| 60% | SOCAL | 5 | Where San Diego and L.A. can be found, informally |
| 58% | CAL | 3 | Home to L.A. and S.F. |
| 58% | CAL | 3 | Home to L.A. and S.F.: Abbr. |
| 57% | CALIF | 5 | Where L.A. is |
| 57% | CAL | 3 | Where L.A. is |
| 57% | CAL | 3 | Home to L.A. and S.F., for short |
| 56% | FORMAL | 6 | A __ dinner, where dress and decorum are observed |
| 56% | PAGEANT | 7 | A competition where beauty and talent are judged |
| 56% | QUARRY | 6 | A place where stones and minerals are extracted |
| 56% | CLOSET | 6 | A place where clothes and shoes are kept |
| 56% | BREWERY | 7 | A place where beer is made and sold |
| 56% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. |
| 55% | LABEL | 5 | Where S, M or L appears on a shirt |
| 55% | VIA | 3 | How and where a route is completed |
| 55% | BAKERY | 6 | A place where bread and pastries are made and sold |
| 54% | CAL | 3 | Where S.F. is |
| 53% | LABEL | 5 | Where S, M, L or XL may appear on a tee |
| 53% | ADD | 3 | A l___er has many rungs and is used for climbing |
| 53% | PROM | 4 | High school dance where a king and queen are crowned |
| 53% | GREEN | 5 | Where the hole and flagstick are, on a golf course |
| 53% | FALAFEL | 7 | Street food whose only letters are l, e, a, f |
| 53% | WANDERINGJEW | 12 | "I'm a rabbi and...um...wait, where was I?" |
| 53% | KITCHEN | 7 | Part of a house where food is made and stored |
| 51% | SLEET | 5 | A kind of weather condition where ice pellets are mixed with rain and snow |
| 51% | NOTES | 5 | In music, they are A, B, C, D, E, F and G |
| 51% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 50% | ESTATEPLAN | 10 | Where there's a will, usually |
| 50% | ALA | 3 | State where the town of Spectre was built for Tim Burton's movie "Big Fish" and is now a ghost town (abbr.) |
| 50% | ACCT | 4 | Where an S&L deposit is placed |