| BARRYJOHN | Legendary Welsh rugby union player (b1945) (5,4) |
| ORTEGA | Daniel ___ (b1945), president of Nicaragua, 1985-90 and 2007-present (6) |
| IDRIS | Legendary Welsh giant who inspired poets and induced madness (5) |
| MERLIN | Legendary Welsh wizard who engineered the birth of King Arthur (6) |
| MADOC | Titular legendary Welsh prince of Robert Southey's epic poem |
| GARETH | Welsh rugby union player declared the greatest player of all time in a poll by Rugby World magazine in 2003 (6,7) |
| EDWARDS | Welsh rugby union player declared the greatest player of all time in a poll by Rugby World magazine in 2003 (6,7) |
| JOHN | Barry --, Welsh rugby union player (4) |
| TAULUPE | Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff, _ Faletau (7) |
| CARYS | Welsh rugby union player who plays as a hooker for Harlequins Women, _ _ Phillips (5) |
| HALFPENNY | Welsh rugby star's name made by contribution to historic win |
| SEMIVOWEL | The beginning or the end of Welsh rugby? |
| WYNJONES | Alun, Welsh rugby union lock and captain who is the alltime most-capped player (3,5) |
| ALUN | ____ Wyn Jones, recently-retired Welsh rugby union international, the sport's most-capped player (4) |
| TOMSHANKLIN | Welsh rugby union outside centre who retired in 2011 (3,8) |
| NEATH | Welsh rugby union side based at The Gnoll (5) |
| OWENS | Nigel, Welsh rugby union referee (5) |
| GARETHEDWARDS | Welsh rugby union scrum half born in 1947 (6,7) |
| LLANELLI | -- Scarlets, Welsh rugby union team (8) |
| OSPREYS | Welsh rugby union team that plays its home matches in Swansea (7) |
