| LOSANGELES | City in southern California, US; most populous in the state |
| LOS | City in southern California, US; most populous in the state (3,7) |
| ANGELES | City in southern California, US; most populous in the state (3,7) |
| HOUSTON | City founded 1836, the fourth most populous in the United States (7) |
| SANTACLARA | University city in California, US, home to American football team the San Francisco 49ers |
| LA | The 'City of Angels' in Southern California, USA |
| NOME | City on the southern Seward Peninsula coast that was once the most populous in Alaska |
| SANDIEGO | Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana (3,5) |
| DIEGO | see 12dn, Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| SAN | and 18dn, Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| SANANDREAS | Reservoir in San Mateo County, California, US (3,7,4) |
| BODEGAHEAD | Peninsula in Sonoma County, California, US, west of Santa Rosa (6,4) |
| CADAVEROUS | Ghastly party securing state in California, America |
| KYIV | Which capital city is the seventh most populous in Europe? (4) |
| SACRAMENTO | State capital of California, US |
| INDIA | Country that became the world's most populous in 2023 |
| LONGBEACH | City in southern California where the liner the RMS Queen Mary is moored (4,5) |
| ANAHEIM | City in southern California (pop about 350,000), founded in 1857 (7) |
| PASADENA | City in southern California that is home to the Rose Bowl stadium (8) |
| SANTABARBARA | Resort city in southern California (5,7) |
