| LLANELLI | Industrial town in south Wales on the Loughor estuary (8) |
| SWANSEA | A port in South Wales, on an inlet of the Bristol Channel (7) |
| ABERDARE | An industrial town in South Wales (8) |
| CARDIGAN | Town in Ceredigion, Wales on the estuary of the River Teifi (8) |
| TREDEGAR | Town of SE Wales on the River Sirhowy (*deter gar) (8) |
| BARNSLEY | Industrial town in South Yorkshire whose football team are nicknamed The Tykes |
| EBBWVALE | Industrial town in south-east Wales (4,4) |
| BRIDGEND | Town in south Wales that is the birthplace of TV newsreader Huw Edwards (8) |
| MUNNINGS | Equestrian/sporting artist who painted HRH The Prince of Wales on Forest Witch, Winter Landscape, When the wind blows cold and December Morning, Cornwall (8) |
| BANGOR | University city in NW Wales on the south shore of the Menai Strait (6) |
| FLINT | Town in NE Wales on the Dee estuary housing a ruined castle (5) |
| LLANTRISANT | Town in south Wales called 'The Hole with the Mint' when the Royal Mint moved from London in 1967 (11) |
| ABERGAVENNY | Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle (11) |
| NEWTOWN | Largest town in Powys, Wales, on the River Severn (7) |
| NEWPORT | City and port in South East Wales, on the River Usk (7) |
| WELSHPOOL | Market town in Powys, Wales, on the River Severn north of Powis Castle (9) |
| MOLD | Town in Flintshire, N Wales, on the River Alyn (4) |
| LLANDOVERY | Market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the River Tywi |
| CONWY | Coastal town of N Wales on the mouth of the eponymous river (5) |
| CLWYD | A former county in North East Wales, on the Irish Sea (5) |
