| BOYSENBERRY | Hybrid bramble originating in California in the 1920s, cultivated for its large soft-textured fruits (11) |
| ZODIAC | 'The ___ Killer', nickname of a serial murderer active in California in the 1960s (6) |
| GOLDRUSH | Search for a precious metal in California in the 1840s/50s (4,4) |
| STOCKTONHEAT | Calgary Flames' affiliated team in California in the AhL: 2 wds. |
| NOCTURNAL | No chance to make a move in California in the nighttime (9) |
| FORTUNECOOKIE | Confection popularized in California in the early 1900s |
| RAGDOLL | Docile cat breed developed in California in the 1960s |
| MANSON | Still in prison for orchestrating a series of gruesome murders in California in 1969. (6) |
| FRESNO | Largest inland city of California, in the centre of the San Joaquin Valley (6) |
| SEN | Job Mary Bono may run for in California in 2004: abbr. |
| LOGANBERRY | Fruit with drupelets, a hybrid created accidentally in California in 1881 |
| YOSEMITE | National park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| AFRICA | I go to California in the RAF then see another continent |
| VISA | Debuting as Bank-Americard in California in 1959, what was it later named? (4) |
| CROSBY | _ _ _ _ _ _ , Stills & Nash, folk rock supergroup formed in California in 1968 (6) |
| UNIVERSAL | World's third oldest major film studio, founded in California in 1912 (9) |
| PUMPKIN | Creeping plant of the gourd family cultivated for its large edible fruit; several species, especially the North American Cucurbita pepo (7) |
| WATER | The plant Citrullus vulgaris, widely cultivated for its large edible fruit (10) |
| MELON | The plant Citrullus vulgaris, widely cultivated for its large edible fruit (10) |
| SISAL | A Mexican agave plant cultivated for its large fleshy leaves, which yield a stiff fibre used for making rope |
