| EISTEDDFOD | The chairing of the Bard is an important moment in the National ____ of Wales |
| BROAD | Nothing in translation of the Bard is coarse (5) |
| BALLET | The National ___ of Canada |
| MAUD | __ of Wales, Norwegian queen 1905-1938 (4) |
| SETPOINT | Important moment in match, when one might turn to jelly? |
| GAMEPOINT | Important moment in a tennis match |
| DRAB | The Bard is flipping dreary and uninteresting (4) |
| BREADTH | The bard is so wide (7) |
| ASSEMBLY | National ___ of Quebec |
| FLAG | February 15th, 2023: National ___ of Canada Day |
| SCARAB | In ancient Egyptian religion, this is an important symbol in the form of the dung beetle. This beetle was associated with the divine manifestation of the early morning sun, Khepri, whose name was writ |
| PHOSPHORUS | This element is an important constituent of bones and teeth. It is essential to the growth of living organisms, and it is an important component in fertilizer. |
| ANTHEM | Oh, say can you see?: At the beginning of every football game, a singer stands in the center of the field and sings the national ___ |
| SPUR | At the ___ of the moment : in the nick of time? |
| TWINKLING | 'In a moment, in the ___ of an eye' (St Paul) (9) |
| LOTTERY | Game show of the 2000s and 2010s, The National _: In It To Win It (7) |
| FROSTLINE | In our solar system, for example, it's the distance from the Sun where grains of ice can form, which is an important stepping stone for forming planets (5,4) |
| INDIANINK | Carbon black is an important ingredient of ____, which is used in drawing and calligraphy |
| NICK | Forename of the Bard of Avon's character "Bottom", whose head is turned into that of a donkey by Puck (4) |
| SWAN | Stately cygnus immortalised in ice sculpture, towel art, an epithet of the Bard of Avon and on vesta boxes (4) |
