% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "CALIFORNIA"

CALIFORNIA
Long Beach's home
31st state
Racial info, in a way?
Union member since 1850
Home to this puzzle's theme
Stockton's home
Where Gray Davis served as governor
The El Dorado State
State Fabric: denim
Shasta, Sierra, Sutter
Second most populous state.
Home of the "Golden Bears."
Den of the "Golden Bears."
Its motto is "Eureka.”
Pacific Coast school.
Trojans' state.
Gulf of ___.
Bear Flag Republic, 1846.
Angels' state
Subject of this puzzle
Orange's place
The world's fifth-largest economy
Its "saintly" cities include the starts to 16-, 28-, 37- and 43-Across
Rialto locale
Hotel ___ (Eagles song about a place where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave")
Western U.S. school
*State with the largest economy in America
Its flag features a grizzly bear