| ANGLESEY | Connected to Bangor by Thomas Telford's Menai suspension bridge, the largest Welsh island "Ynys Mon", where Maurice Wilks conceived the idea for the Land Rover Defender (8) |
| BRIDGEBUILDING | The promotion of friendly relations -- Thomas Telford's forte? (6-8) |
| SWANSEA | Second-largest Welsh city, birthplace of Dylan Thomas (7) |
| POWYS | Largest Welsh county |
| TELFORD | Nicknamed the Colossus of Roads, Scotsman who was brought up in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson and went on to design the Caledonian Canal and Menai Suspension Bridge (7) |
| CONWY | Market town in Wales, site of a railway bridge built by Robert Stephenson and a suspension bridge built by Thomas Telford (5) |
| THOMASTELFORD | Scottish engineer who designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (6,7) |
| CALEDONIAN | ___ Canal, constructed by Thomas Telford 1803-1822, linking Scotland's east and west coasts (10) |
| ABERDARON | Village on the western tip of the Llyn peninsula, the last stopping place for pilgrims to Ynys Enlli (9) |
| ULLAPOOL | North-west Scotland fishing port designed by Thomas Telford (8) |
| IRISHSEA | Body of water containing islands including Anglesey (connected to Ynys Gaint) and the Isle of Man (5,3) |
| CHARABANC | Mode of transport in Van Morrison's song Going down to Bangor |
| BRIDGES | Structures designed by engineers including Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Rennie, Robert Stephenson and Thomas Telford, among other things (7) |
| CALEDONIANCANAL | Oceanic land developed by Lana Turner and Thomas Telford ? (10,5) |
| INCH | Scottish word for an island or ynys; or, a unit of length, once equal to three barleycorns (4) |
| WAITAROUND | Stay prepared in Welsh island prior to a patrol |
| BACKDOWN | Withdrawal of support given to Bangor locality (8) |
| ENE | L.A.-to-Bangor dir. |
| FLYINGTIME | Duration of air travel from Miami to Bangor? |
| FIDDLERSDRAM | British folk band who had a 1979 top ten hit with Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) (8,4) |
