| ESCHSCHOLZIA | Golden or California poppy, - - - californica (12) |
| ESCHSCHOLZZIA | Plant of the poppy family such as the California poppy (13) |
| ORANGE | Color of a California poppy |
| POPPY | Annual Eschscholzia californica, also known as Californian - - - - - (5) |
| COBRA | Darlingtonia californica, pitcher plant sharing its name with a hooded snake (5) |
| VINROSE | Marsannay or California Grenache |
| LODI | New Jersey or California city |
| FUSION | Tex-Mex or California cuisine, e.g. |
| STATE | Confusion or California, e.g. |
| ORCA | Sight in Puget Sound or California (4) |
| CONDOR | This bird is either Andean or California. |
| CHENINBLANC | Loire or California grape - NBC Channel I (anag) (6,5) |
| STATEWIDE | Throughout all of New York or California, say |
| BLUESTATE | New York or California, on an electoral map |
| CROONER | Singer making a comeback in Reno or California (7) |
| HOTEL | Word with "Heartbreak" or "California," in song |
| GRUNION | Fish such as the Gulf ___ or California ___ which spawns on beaches (7) |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
| SANTACLARA | In Cuba or California, maybe a sister of a Yuletime visitor (5,5) |
| AUREOLA | In art, a golden or luminous cloud represented encircling the body or head of a saint or other sacred personage; or, a halo around the sun or moon (7) |
