| CONWY | North Wales castle (5) |
| HARLECH | North Wales castle (7) |
| FLINT | Stone from North Wales town (5) |
| CLWYD | Former county in North Wales (5) |
| LLEYN | Part of valley near North Wales peninsula (5) |
| OWAIN | ___ap Gruffydd, king of Gwynedd, north Wales, until his death in 1170 (5) |
| MOULD | Distinctive style in North Wales town, it's said (5) |
| ASAPH | Saint after whom a city in North Wales is named |
| AHVAN | Patrick -, New Zealandborn North Wales Crusaders rugby league player previously with Widnes Vikings (2,3) |
| CAPELCURIG | Village west of Betws-y-Coed in North Wales (5,5) |
| STASAPH | Cathedral city in Denbighshire, North Wales (2,5) |
| MENAISTRAIT | Channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of North Wales (5,6) |
| MANWEB | Regional electricity supplier for part of north-west England and North Wales (6) |
| MOLD | Town in North Wales north-east of Ruthin (4) |
| RHYL | Resort in North Wales north of St Asaph (4) |
| PENRHYN | Castle-like country house in a small village near Bangor, North Wales (7) |
| FORALLONESWORTH | Penniless lord of North Wales worked with maximum effort (3,3,4,5) |
| GWRYCH | _ _ _ _ _ _ Castle, filming location in North Wales for the 2020 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (6) |
| RHUDDLAN | Castle in north Wales giving name to Collett engine 5039 (8) |
| CAERNARFON | In Welsh-based spelling, a North Wales town whose walls and castle are part of a Unesco world heritage site |