| THEFRISCOKID | Gene Wilder-Harrison Ford western comedy involving a journey to a California city |
| FRISCO | "The ___ Kid"; Gene Wilder/ Harrison Ford film |
| POWERNAPA | Supply electricity to a California city? |
| ARSENICANDOLDLACE | A farcical black comedy involving two murderous spinsters (7,3,3,4) |
| SLAPSTICK | Boisterous comedy involving collisions and practical jokes (9) |
| JOSHUATREE | Yucca that gives its name to a California national park |
| CHICO | Home to a California State University campus |
| ROUNDTRIP | A journey to a place and back again, especially returning by a different route (5,4) |
| PILGRIMAGE | A journey to a shrine or other holy place undertaken by religious followers (10) |
| LEGENDARY | Fabulous part of a journey to a railway terminus, at first (9) |
| PILGRIM | Person on a journey to a shrine (7) |
| DIE | Charlize Theron western comedy, A Million Ways to ___ in the West (3) |
| HOMEWARDBOUND | ___: The Incredible Journey 1993 adventure comedy film starring Robert Hays which is about three pets that embark on a journey to reunite with their owners: 2 wds. |
| PALO | Literally meaning "stick," it's the first word in a California city named for a 1,000-year-old redwo |
| PASADENA | Newfoundland town sharing the name of a California city |
| SONORA | Mexican state that becomes a California city when you make its fifth letter an "M" |
| GODFATHERS | "3 ___" (1948 John Ford Western about outlaws who raise an infant) |
| RIOGRANDE | 1950 John Ford western starring John Wayne (3,6) |
| STAGECOACH | 1939 John Ford western starring John Wayne in his breakthrough role as Ringo Kid (10) |
| ALAMO | The Man From the _ 1953 Glenn Ford western film (5) |
