| FFESTINIOG | Area of Gwynedd that includes the Welsh "slate city" or "town that roofed the world", whose heritage railway stretches through the scenic landscape of Eryri, or Snowdonia (10) |
| CAPITAL | City or town that is the official seat of government in a country. (7) |
| LLANBERIS | Location of the Welsh Slate Museum and terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway (9) |
| GIRAFFES | Tallest animals in the world, whose species include Masai and Southern (8) |
| CRUISER | Land _ _ _ , a classic Toyota 4x4 whose heritage stretches back to the Fifties (7) |
| SACK | The plunder/pillage of a captured city or town; a large bag of burlap, gunny or hessian for flour, grain, potatoes or racing in; a woman's loose-fitting gown; or, a train of silk hanging from the shou |
| COWARD | Plummy "playboy of the West End world" whose repertoire included the witty ditty Mad Dogs and Englishmen and a satirical look at the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy in their stately home |
| SNOWDONIA | Mountainous area predominantly in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (9) |
| HUXLEY | Aldous -; author of the 1931 dystopian novel Brave New World whose grandfather Thomas was known as "Darwin's bulldog" (6) |
| PORT | A city or town with a harbour; the harbour itself; or, in nautical terminology, the left side of a ship, opposite starboard (4) |
| MAYOR | The chief officer of a city or town, usually elected by the local council (5) |
| CAERNARFON | Administrative centre of Gwynedd whose Anglicised spelling was superseded in 1974 (10) |
| NORTHWALES | Region in which the county of Gwynedd is found (5,5) |
| CAERNARFONSHIRE | Former county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd (15) |
| POWYS | Welsh county south-east of Gwynedd (5) |
| OWAIN | ___ap Gruffydd, king of Gwynedd, north Wales, until his death in 1170 (5) |
| OMAN | Oldest continuously independent state in the Arab world, whose ruling dynasty was established by Ahmad ibn Sa'id in 1749 (4) |
| SUBURB | A residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town (6) |
| PARK | Grounds of a stately home; or, a green space in a city or town (4) |
| CENTRE | Filling in a chocolate; hub of a city or town; midpoint; or, a nucleus (6) |
