| CELT | Gaelic or Welsh speaker (4) |
| OGAM | One of the spellings of what is sometimes called the Gaelic or Celtic tree alphabet (4) |
| ERSE | Scottish Gaelic or Irish |
| LEEK | Historic Staffordshire market-town - or Welsh national emblem? (4) |
| SIAN | One of oldest cities in China or Welsh girl's name |
| GOIDELIC | Gaelic or Celtic (8) |
| WALKER | Welsh speaker short of time, being one inclined to ramble? |
| SHEEPDOG | Timid type to make a start on Gaelic, or could it be Old English? |
| FRIEZE | A type of medieval Irish or Welsh coarse woollen cloth with a nap; a member of entablature between the architrave and cornice; or, any ornamental band or strip on a wall (6) |
| SEAWEED | Carbon-absorbing marine algae such as the kelp, carrageen, peacock's tail, rainbow wrack or laver used in marbling, anti-ageing cream, fertiliser or Welsh cookery (7) |
| GRIDDLE | Iron plate or bakestone on which to cook crumpets, pikelets, scones, Scotch pancakes or Welsh cakes (7) |
| MOR | A Cornish or Welsh word for "sea"; or, type of humus forming as a mat of leaf litter on acid soil (3) |
| COOKIE | From Dutch for "cake", an American word for what the English, Irish, Scots or Welsh call an Aberffraw, Bourbon, custard cream, ginger nut, Hobnob, Jammie Dodger, plain/cream bun or a shortbread, for e |
| CELTIC | Irish or Welsh |
| PLAID | Part of Scots dress or Welsh party (5) |
| CAMBRIAN | Cox perhaps following river that's English or Welsh |
| BRITS | Eng. or Welsh natives |
| SWANSEA | Pens, perhaps, article on English or Welsh city |
| EBBWVALE | Go out with girl to English or Welsh town |
| DOG | Boston terrier or Welsh corgi, for example |
