| LTGOVS | Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr. |
| GOVS | Gavin Newsom & Ron DeSantis: abbr. |
| DEM | Gov. Newsom or Hochul, e.g. |
| NYS | Kathy Hochul is its gov. |
| KATHY | Hochul who will become New York's first woman governor |
| BOBO | '30s and '40s pitcher Newsom |
| GOV | DeSantis or Newsom: abbr. |
| JOANNA | _ Newsom, singer whose albums include Ys and Divers (6) |
| BEHAVE | "Society becomes how we ___": Gavin Newsom (6) |
| GAVIN | ___ Newsom, Democratic candidate for California governor |
| PEAR | "Peach, Plum, ___" (Joanna Newsom song) |
| HARP | Instrument played by Joanna Newsom |
| ANDY | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Samberg whose wife, Joanna Newsom, recently had a baby girl |
| LARRYFLYNT | California Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely face a recall vote this year after petitioners passed the threshold for signatures last week; when governor Gray Davis was recalled in 2003, candidates to repl |
| GOOSEEGGS | Joanna Newsom song title that's rhymed with the lyric "loose legs" |
| SKITTLES | Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law last week nicknamed after this candy, which an early draft would have banned |
| SSRS | Armenia and Estonia, once: abbr. |
| UAR | Egypt and Syria, once (abbr.) |
| CSA | Georgia and others, once: Abbr. |
| RRS | Pennsylvania and Erie, once: Abbr |
