Second most populous city in California Crossword Clue

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Second most populous city in California Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

POPULOUS (adjective)
1. densely populated
SECOND (noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a 60th part of a minute of arc
SECOND (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
SECOND (adjective)
1. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
2. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
SECOND (adverb)
1. in the second place

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More Apple+ Crossword (1/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ Dhabi

4. Downfall

10. Starting on

14. Click ___ (features of several African languages)

16. Garment seen at a Hindu wedding

17. Most populous city in California

18. Tight-___ (closely integrated)

19. Comedian Jeong

20. Had an unsettled debt

22. ___ down (write quickly)

23. Software used by engineers and architects, for short

24. Climbing plant

25. Fútbol cheer

26. Timbuktu's country

27. Completely surrounds

29. Makes sense

30. Take it easy

31. Shelf or sill, for example

33. California's capital, for short

34. Toronto's province (Abbr.)

36. Condiment like pico de gallo

40. Buddy

43. ___ out (take it easy)

45. Labor Day's month (Abbr.)

46. Metal used to make beverage cans

49. Jasmine or oolong

50. Cold Tex-Mex dish served on a fried tortilla shell

52. Comedy show with cold opens

53. Fourth most populous city in California

57. ___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

58. People learning the ropes for a job

59. "Is that a ___ or a no?"

60. Air Force Ones and Chuck Taylors

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Down

1. Knee part commonly repaired surgically

2. Place for displaying novels

3. Opened, like an envelope or pickle jar

4. ___ Quixote

5. Most-spoken language in North America (Abbr.)

6. Mother, in Portuguese

7. Smitten

8. Boiling with anger

9. Fragrance or flavor extracts

10. Pose a question

11. Third most populous city in California

12. Birds associated with Baltimore

13. Survival of the ___

21. River landforms named after a Greek letter

26. 'Cool' amount of cash

28. Killer whales

32. Have a mental picture of in advance

35. People paying rent

37. 'Hmm . . .'

38. Hidden Figures star Octavia

39. Completely mystified

40. Apt anagram of "tap" (and not particularly apt anagram of "apt")

41. In the style of

42. Star Trek captain Jean-__ Picard

44. ___ of Mexico (body of water along the U.S. southern coast)

47. Like some slippery tree trunks

48. Small stores

51. 'Rats!'

54. Scottish no

55. Espionage org

56. Liquid in a stamp pad

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