% 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
Home of the player at the ends of the answers to starred clues
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
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