On a map of Los Angeles County, it follows "Santa"
Monica
A 13-foot-tall one of these stands on the highway near the city limits of Plains, Georgia
Peanut
Last section of a race course
the home stretch
An owie, or double talk for a little mistake
a boo-boo
Dry, like the desert
(4)
arid
Young kangaroo
Joey
These off the state tree of Illinois were ground, leached & cooked by Indians for food
Acorns
School study of household management
home economics
4-letter result of hitting the "Q" on the keyboard instead of the "W"
typo
Payment to your ex
(7)
alimony
In the Bible one of Jacob's 2 wives
Rachel
New Yorkers claim their bagels are best, because this ingredient is best in New York
The water
Civilian activities in support of a war waged overseas
the home front
It rhymes with "hitch" & once meant a hitch caused by a small spike in voltage
glitch
Catching fish using hook, line & sinker
(7)
angling
Name of an ice shelf near the South Pole
Ross
Bill Rosenberg opened the first shop in this chain in 1950 in Quincy, Ma. (we don't know when the cops came)
Dunkin' Donuts
In this 1978 film Jane Fonda becomes involved with a paraplegic war veteran played by Jon Voight
Coming Home
You may have one "of judgment"; it can also mean the passage of a period of time
a lapse
Handy with both hands
(12)
ambidextrous
A moon of Saturn
Pheobe
Famous for its seafood, this "Old Original" restaurant in Philly is a premier reading, er, dining spot
Bookbinders
Equillibrium
homeostasis
I used 30 instead of 29.87 in my calculations, leading to this kind of minor error
rounding error
Herschel or Sagan
(10)
astronomer