Answer: SAN
SAN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 331 times.
Referring Clues:
- Japanese honorific
 - ___ Jacinto Day (April 21)
 - End of Madama Butterfly's name
 - ___ Gabriel
 - ___ Felipe
 - ___ Ysidro, Calif.
 - Start of many Western place names
 - ___ Diego
 - Honshu honorific
 - Japanese surname suffix
 - ___ Pablo, Calif.
 - ___ Miguel
 - With 12-Down, where the fault lies?
 - Pablo or Pedro, e.g.
 - Angelo or Antonio, e.g.
 - José or Juan
 - Mateo or Miguel, e.g.
 - Start of many California place names
 - Mateo or Diego, e.g.
 - Cio-Cio-___ (Madame Butterfly)
 - ___ Quentin
 - Japanese name tag
 - ___ Bernardino
 - Juan or Joaquin
 - City name starter
 - Marino or Gabriel
 - With 19-Across, California city
 - Gabriel, for one
 - ___ Lorenzo
 - ___ Pedro
 - ___ Clemente
 - ___ Antonio
 - __ Luis Potosi (Mexican city)
 - ___ Lorenzo, Calif.
 - ___ Severo, Italy
 - Start of many place names
 - ___ Francisco
 - Salvador lead-in
 - ___ Juan (capital of 32-Down)
 - ___ Andreas Fault
 - Juan or José, e.g.
 - ___ Juan
 - ___ Vito, Sicily
 - Okinawa honorific
 - Bruno, e.g.
 - ___ Luis Obispo
 - ___ Rafael
 - ___ Juan, P.R.
 - Burmese opposition leader Aung ___ Suu Kyi
 - Indicator of canonización
 - Start of many a city name
 - With 2-Down, seat of Costilla County, Colo.
 - Start of many Latin American city names
 - ___ Antonio, Tex.
 - ___ José, Costa Rica
 - "The Bridge of ___ Luis Rey"
 - ___ Marino
 - Word in many California city names
 - ___ Salvador
 - ___ Luis Obispo, CA
 - Start for Juan or Diego
 - Jose or Diego preceder
 - Eastern honorific
 - ___ Leandro, California
 - ___ Bernardino, California
 - Starter for Salvador or Sebastián
 - Respectful term in Japan
 - Intro to Juan
 - ___ Luis Obispo, California
 - Cabo ___ Lucas
 - Francisco's leader?
 - Bernardino or Diego starter
 - Ramon or Rafael lead-in
 - Diego or Jose preceder
 - Jose or Juan preceder
 - Juan or Jose preceder
 - Japanese title of respect
 - Jose and Francisco lead-in
 - Word with Quentin or Clemente
 - ___ Diego, California
 - Intro for Juan?
 - ___ Juan Capistrano, California
 - Cio-Cio-__: Madama Butterfly
 - Juan or Gabriel lead-in
 - Word that forms a city when combined with the first names in answers to starred clues
 - Francisco, e.g.
 - With 100-Across, Naples opera house Teatro di ___
 - ___ Fernando Valley
 - Cio-Cio-___ (Madama Butterfly)
 - "Just Shoot Me!" actress Laura ___ Giacomo
 - ___ Ysidro
 - With 44-Across, California community opposite Tijuana
 - ___ Rafael, California
 - Tokyo honorific
 - ___ Remo
 - "The Streets of ___ Francisco"
 - ___ Lorenzo (country in "Cat's Cradle")
 - ___ Ramon, California
 - Gabriel's leader?
 - __ Diego
 - __ Ysidro, busy U.S./Mexico border site
 - José or Pedro's leader?
 - __ Bernardino
 - Preceder of Juan or Pedro
 - Gabriel or Rafael preceder
 - Juan preceder
 - __ Clemente
 - Word before Jose or Diego
 - __ Andreas Fault
 - Word before Jose or Juan
 - Word with Pedro or Pablo
 - Jose's head?
 - __ Clemente, Calif.
 - __ Jose
 - __ Bernardo, Chile
 - __ Ramon, CA
 - __ Diego, CA
 - __ Fernando Valley
 - __ Francisco
 - Kyoto honorific
 - __ Juan, PR
 - __ Antonio, TX
 - Juan or Jose?
 - ___ Juan Capistrano, Calif.
 - Antonio or Juan
 - Antonio's intro
 - ___ Francisco 49ers
 - ___ Mateo, California
 - Japanese title
 - Start for "arcos"or "ateo22
 - Word with ''Carlos'' or ''Antonio''
 - ___ Diego, Calif.
 - Respectful add-on in Tokyo
 - ___ Clemente, Calif.
 - Start of many California city names
 - ___ Marcos, Calif.
 - ___ Antonio Spurs
 - "Fernando" or "Gabriel" starter
 - Start of some Californian city names
 - California naval hub, with 33-Down
 - Start for Marcos or Mateo
 - Diego's leader?
 - Quentin's head
 - Part of many Californian cities
 - Word with Juan or Jose
 - Colorado's ___ Luis Peak
 - With 55-Across, Italian site of a post-WWI Allied conference
 - ___ Francisco, CA
 - Antonio or Joaquin
 - ___ Pedro Bay
 - ___ Clemente, CA
 - With 1 Down, commonwealth capital
 - "Jose" or "Francisco" lead-in
 - California city name starter
 - "Do You Know the Way to ___ Jose"
 - Common California map word
 - Angelo or Antonio
 - Introduction to Juan?
 - Start of many city names
 - ___ Bernardino Mountains
 - ___ Mateo, Calif.
 - Japanese surname follower
 - ___ Simeon, Calif.
 - Intro for Antonio?
 - ___ Leandro, CA
 - ___ Leandro, Calif.
 - Diego's title?
 - Word with "Carlos" or "Antonio"
 - ___ Jose
 - ___ Ysidro, busy U.S./Mexico border site
 - ___ Bernardo, Chile
 - Cio-Cio-___: Madama Butterfly
 - Mexican city word
 - Simeon or Salvador lead-in
 - Pedro preceder
 - Part of many California city names
 - Intro to Pedro
 - Start of many a western city
 - Part of S.D.
 - ___ Ramon, CA
 - ___ Diego, CA
 - ___ Juan, PR
 - ___ Antonio, TX
 - Intro for Pedro?
 - Word before Diego or Jose
 - Word before Juan or Diego
 - Mama-___ (woman running a geisha house)
 - California's ___ Gabriel Mountains
 - Start for Bernardino or Remo
 - ___ Lorenzo (fictional country in "Cat's Cradle")
 - Juan's intro
 - "At ___ Quentin" (1969 Johnny Cash album)
 - ___Mateo, CA
 - Word in Western city names
 - Part of S.F.S.U.
 - Francisco preceder
 - ___ Diego Padres
 - ___ Fernando
 - ___ Andreas
 - ___ Mateo
 - ___ Jacinto
 - ___ Remo, Italy
 - Part of UCSD
 - Diego preceder
 - ___ Jose, CA
 - With 27-Across, California city where CafePress is based
 - ___ Juan, Puerto Rico
 - Leader of Jose and Juan?
 - ___ Gabriel Mountains
 - ___ Jos
 - Puccini's Cio-Cio-___
 - "Mateo" or "Diego" lead-in
 - Japanese surname addition
 - TB treatment centre
 - First word of the 2012 World Series champions' city
 - Juan or Antonio
 - Jos or Juan
 - Word with Juan or Antonio
 - ___ Dimas, California (Bill and Ted's city)
 - ___ Jose, Calif.
 - "Clemente" or "Mateo" lead-in
 - Antonio or Andreas
 - "Jose" opening
 - ___ Pablo
 - Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities
 - Respectful Japanese title
 - ___ Miguel: Cozumel city
 - Gabriel or Giorgio
 - Word with "Angelo" or "Antonio"
 - ___ Jose Sharks
 - ___ Gabriel, California
 - Part of SFSU
 - Something Pedro and Pablo might have?
 - ___ Juan Hill
 - ___ Joaquin Valley
 - ___ Salvador, El Salvador
 - Word before Marino
 - Word before Pedro or Pablo
 - Quentin preceder
 - Pedro or Miguel
 - ___Miguel
 - Start of some Texas city names
 - Part of SFPD
 - Francisco
 - ___ Luis Obispo, Calif.
 - Remo, Italy
 - Part of SFFD
 - ___Gabriel, Calif.
 - See 96-Across
 - Pacific Rim name tag
 - "___ Francisco International Airport"
 - Introduction for Pedro or Diego?
 - ___ Joaquin, Calif.
 - Start of several California city names
 - UCSD part
 - Diego's start
 - Word with "Diego" or "Antonio"
 - Salvador
 - What three of California's four largest cities share
 - Prefix for Juan or Jose
 - Part of S.F.
 - Juan
 - Lead-in to Pablo or Carlos
 - "Gabriel" lead-in
 - ___ Marcos, Tex.
 - Diego
 - Word in California place names
 - Francisco opener
 - Diego header
 - Nagano honorific
 - Common city-name starter in California
 - Title of respect, in Tokyo
 - ___ Francisco Giants
 - Title of politeness
 - "___ Antonio Rose"
 - Franciscan leader?
 - Título católico
 - ______ Diego
 - SFPD part
 - ___ Clemente (Nixon retreat)
 - Hockey's ___ Jose Sharks
 - Word in Mexican place names
 - Common California place name starter
 - ___ Bruno, calif.
 - ___ Dimas, Calif.
 - ___ Gimignano: walled Tuscany town
 - "Antonio" beginning
 - Start of seven California county names
 - Japanese respectful title
 - Juan or Jose lead-in
 - Start for "Fernando"
 - Word before Antonio or Pedro
 - Part of U.C.S.F.
 - José de ___ Martín, national hero of Argentina
 - Title for Jose or Diego?
 - Lead-in to Francisco or Pedro
 - First word of many California city names
 - "Antonio" or "Jose" lead-in
 - Jose's opening?
 - Start of many Mexican city names
 - The "S" of S.F.
 - ___ Rafael, Calif.
 - Francisco's title
 - The "S" of UCSD
 - ___ Diego Zoo
 - ___ Mateo, CA
 - Lead-in to "Diego" or "Pedro"
 - The "S" in SFPL
 - The "S" of UCSF
 - Hokkaido honorific
 - The S in UCSF
 - The "S" in UTSA
 - ___ Diego Wave FC
 - First word of seven California county names
 - Word in many California place names
 - California's ___ Fernando Valley
 - Word with Jose or Juan
 - First word of the second-largest city in California
 - Jamaican music genre
 - ___ Mario (microstate)
 - ___ Marino (microstate)
 - Spanish for "saint"
 - ___ Jose, California
 - The "S" of U.C.S.D.
 - Word in the names of three of California's four biggest cities
 - ___ Antonio River Walk
 - ___ Quentin, Calif.
 - ___ Juan Islands
 - Three, in Chinese
 - Spanish word on a U.S. map
 - ___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 23, 2025
 - LA Times - October 20, 2025
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 - LA Times - September 19, 2025
 - USA Today - August 26, 2025
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 - New York Times - July 06, 2025
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 - USA Today - June 19, 2025
 - LA Times - June 08, 2025
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 - USA Today - February 05, 2025
 - LA Times - January 26, 2025
 - New York Times - November 27, 2024
 - USA Today - November 08, 2024
 - USA Today - November 05, 2024
 
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