| GAVIN | ___ Newsom (California's new governor) |
| JOANNA | _ Newsom, singer whose albums include Ys and Divers (6) |
| TINA | ___ Kotek (Oregon's new governor) |
| CHAINGANG | Group of convicts heartlessly going after a new governor initially |
| STIRFRYING | Cooking fish in prison - one with new governor at its head (4-6) |
| NOWORNEVER | Struggling new governor's losing head (crucial moment) (3,2,5) |
| 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 |
| BOBO | Cy Young winner Newsom |
| BEHAVE | "Society becomes how we ___": Gavin Newsom (6) |
| GOVS | Gavin Newsom & Ron DeSantis: abbr. |
| PEAR | "Peach, Plum, ___" (Joanna Newsom song) |
| GOV | DeSantis or Newsom: abbr. |
| LTGOVS | Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr. |
| DEM | Gov. Newsom or Hochul, e.g. |
| HARP | Instrument played by Joanna Newsom |
| ANDY | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Samberg whose wife, Joanna Newsom, recently had a baby girl |
| 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 |
| AHNOLD | California's governor, facetiously |
| ARNOLD | California's Governor, ... Schwarzenegger |
