| LOS | Angeles, California |
| UCLA | University in Los Angeles, California founded in 1919 (inits) (4) |
| SKIDROW | Area of Downtown Los Angeles, California, US, containing a large population of homeless people (4,3) |
| SANPEDRO | Seaport area of Los Angeles, California, linked to Terminal Island by the Vincent Thomas Bridge (3,5) |
| TACTIC | Scheme set-up for most of those in Los Angeles, California starting therapy (6) |
| BELAIR | Residential community in the hills of the Westside of Los Angeles, California |
| LARDYCAKE | Something Hollywood might produce in Los Angeles, California filling principally religious channel (5,4) |
| BEVERLY | Residential city adjoining Los Angeles, California (7,5) |
| HILLS | Residential city adjoining Los Angeles, California (7,5) |
| LAICAL | One in Los Angeles, California is not clerical (6) |
| SANLUIS | US city midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles that houses the California Polytechnic State Un |
| SANTAMONICA | City in California west of Los Angeles that houses a municipal airport (5,6) |
| LONGLEASES | Extended rental agreements, in Los Angeles? |
| LALA | ___ ___ Land (Los Angeles, colloquially) |
| LAMIRADA | City southeast of Los Angeles |
| ERIC | "NCIS: Los Angeles" actor ___ Christian Olsen |
| ART | Museum of Contemporary ___, Los Angeles |
| KOBE | Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers |
| CLIPPERS | Los Angeles NBA team (8) |
| CBSTV | "NCIS: Los Angeles" broadcaster |
