| SACRAMENTO | Californian capital (10) |
| SACRA | Bones discovered in west side of Californian capital |
| DUDERANCH | US holiday resort - one of a hundred outside Californian capital |
| SACRAMENT | Californian capital has no love for religious ritual |
| DISNEYLAND | Californian theme park in box D (10) |
| LICENTIATE | I"ve a degree from Californian city that invested $0.01 I note (10) |
| FORTYNINER | Prospector in the Californian gold rush |
| LOSANGELES | Californian city on the Pacific (3,7) |
| APOCALYPSE | See Californian policeman retiring after a revelation |
| SANANDREAS | Small Californian town whose name is associated with earthquakes, a geological fault and the Grand T |
| SANLEANDRO | Sick room, fit medic and oxygen in Californian city (3,7) |
| ONAPARWITH | Equal to current growth roughly, less good around Californian wine valley |
| CERROGORDO | A Californian town with abandoned mines (5,5) |
| MARIOLANZA | US film singer, timeless Mozartian possibly, seen around Californian city (5,5) |
| SANTACLARA | Californian city's Xmas visitor swaps American for artist (5,5) |
| PAULMASSON | Pioneer of Californian wine, 1859-1940, whose label was promoted by Orson Welles and John Gielgud in the 1970s and 1980s (4,6) |
| JANANDDEAN | Californian pop duo whose biggest hit was Surf City |
| RELAXATION | First couple to reach Californian airport at ten, apparently, before heading north for some R & R |
| SANJOSE | Dionne Warwick asked the way to this Californian town with the same name as the capital of Costa Ric |
| LIMA | I'm in Californian city - the state capital? |
