| EMLYN | Forename of the Welsh author, actor and playwright (1905-87) |
| JAY | Ricky ?, author, actor and sleight-of-hand expert whose roles include Kurt Longjohn in 1997 film dra |
| RICKYJAY | Author, actor and sleight-of-hand expert whose film roles include Kurt Longjohn in Boogie Nights (5, |
| BROOKS | Mel ---, US comedy writer, actor and film director whose movies include The Producers and Blazing Saddles (6) |
| GARREG | Village location of the Brondanw estate of Clough Williams-Ellis, or part of the Welsh folk song "Dafydd, Y ... Wen or David of the White Rock" (6) |
| THOMAS | Welsh author of poetry, the radio drama Under Milk Wood and the short story illustrated by Edward Ardizzone titled A Child's Christmas in Wales (6) |
| DYLANTHOMAS | Welsh author of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (5,6) |
| DYLAM | Welsh author of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (5) |
| KENNETH | ___ Branagh, writer, actor and director honoured for his contribution to theatre at the Olivier Awards earlier this year (7) |
| NOELCOWARD | Writer, actor and director who played Captain Kinross in the 1942 film In Which We Serve (4,6) |
| ALLEN | American writer, actor and director who was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg (surname) (5) |
| SIMON | English writer, actor and comedian, made his start in shows Big Train (1998-2002) |
| LLANBERIS | Location of the Welsh Slate Museum and terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway (9) |
| BENNETT | Actor and playwright whose monologues Talking Heads originally included Patricia Routledge in A Lady of Letters and Thora Hird in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (7) |
| NOVELLO | Which Welsh composer, actor and playwright (Ivor ___) wrote the song "Keep the Home Fires Burning"? (7) |
| EMLYNWILLIAMS | Welsh author of the play Night Must Fall (5,8) |
| ODDIE | Bill ___, English author, actor, comedian, artist, naturalist and musician who found fame as one of The Goodies |
| THEVALLEYS | Local or informal name of a region of South Wales that was once at the heart of the Welsh coal mining industry (3,7) |
| CRAVEN | ___ Arms, station at the junction of the Welsh Marches and Heart of Wales lines (6) |
| NEWPORT | One of the 11 founder members of the Welsh union in 1881 (7) |
