[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] n76:
I hadn't noticed that but I am seeing the same thing on my OMAP4 AOSP ROM and this shows up in logcat when it crashes:

05-11 15:37:09.298 1485 2140 I ActivityManager: START u0 {cmp=com.android.deskclock/.worldclock.CitiesActivity} from uid 10027 on display 0
05-11 15:37:09.362 16000 16000 V TimerReceiver: Received intent Intent { act=notif_in_use_show flg=0x10 cmp=com.android.deskclock/.timer.TimerReceiver }
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater: Cannot instantiate class: android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: <init> [class android.content.Context]
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:528)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:492)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.SupportMenuInflater$MenuState.newInstance(SupportMenuInflater.java:498)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.SupportMenuInflater$MenuState.setItem(SupportMenuInflater.java:458)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.SupportMenuInflater$MenuState.addItem(SupportMenuInflater.java:479)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.SupportMenuInflater.parseMenu(SupportMenuInflater.java:196)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.SupportMenuInflater.inflate(SupportMenuInflater.java:118)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at com.android.deskclock.worldclock.CitiesActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(CitiesActivity.java:555)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2852)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreatePanelMenu(FragmentActivity.java:262)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onCreatePanelMenu(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:85)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase$AppCompatWindowCallbackBase.onCreatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:241)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.preparePanel(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1247)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.doInvalidatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1527)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.-wrap6(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7$1.run(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:128)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
05-11 15:37:09.565 16000 16000 W SupportMenuInflater:	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
05-11 15:37:09.576 16000 16000 D AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.android.deskclock, PID: 16000
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.setImeOptions(int)' on a null object reference
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at com.android.deskclock.worldclock.CitiesActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(CitiesActivity.java:563)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2852)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreatePanelMenu(FragmentActivity.java:262)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.internal.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onCreatePanelMenu(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:85)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase$AppCompatWindowCallbackBase.onCreatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:241)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.preparePanel(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1247)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.doInvalidatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1527)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.-wrap6(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7$1.run(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:128)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
05-11 15:37:09.577 16000 16000 E AndroidRuntime:	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
05-11 15:37:09.664 1485 13598 W ActivityManager: Force finishing activity com.android.deskclock/.worldclock.CitiesActivity
05-11 15:37:09.671 1485 13598 W ActivityManager: Force finishing activity com.android.deskclock/.DeskClock