TAG Teaser 167 - Winter Olympics!

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Across
  1. 1. This is to glide across snow using a pair of hard, narrow attachments on the feet and poles... ___ Jumping is a Winter Olympic sport (3)
  2. 4. This is how many medals Team GB won - thanks to the all-Scottish 6-DOWN teams! (3)
  3. 5. ___ Muirhead, Scottish 6-DOWN legend who captained the all-Scottish team to win 15-ACROSS - *HINT* name of the Bible's first woman? (3)
  4. 6. This country hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics, and ended up coming in third, with 15 medals in total (5)
  5. 8. Five of these circles feature in the famous Olympics logo - their colours are blue, yellow, black, green and red *PLURAL* (5)
  6. 11. This is a large Chinese bear with distinctive black and white markings - Bing Dwen Dwen was the official 9-DOWN of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games (5)
  7. 13. This winter sport is like a mix of 1-ACROSSing and skateboarding... (12)
  8. 14. The United ______, also called the USA, finished the 2022 Winter Olympics in fourth place with 25 medals in total! (6)
  9. 15. This is the colour of the Number 1 medal - and metal! (4)
  10. 17. This country - situated in between France and Poland - finished the 2022 Winter Olympics in second place, with 27 medals in total! (7)
Down
  1. 1. This Scandinavian country finished the 2022 Winter Olympics in fifth place, with 18 medals in total!(6)
  2. 2. ___ Hockey, a fast and furious contact sport played on a rink between two teams with six skaters each (3)
  3. 3. The Olympic _____, the flame carried by an athlete to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony (5)
  4. 6. A sport that Scotland are good at! It involves large round flat stones being slid across the surface towards a mark (7)
  5. 7. This is an informal name for a team captain such as 5-ACROSS Muirhead, and sounds like a bouncing walk (4)
  6. 9. A person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck, especially one linked to a particular organization or event. Bing Dwen Dwen (the 11-ACROSS) was this for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Shuey Rhon Rhon (the 16-DOWN) was the Paralympics one (6)
  7. 10. This is the capital of 6-ACROSS, where the 2022 games were held - it was formally known as Peking (7)
  8. 12. This country - which is next to 1-DOWN - got the most amount of medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics, with 37 medals in total! (6)
  9. 16. Like a 3-DOWN, this a a flame that is carried for light (or to light something)... Shuey Rhon Rhon the Chinese _______ was the 9-DOWN for the 2022 Paralympics (7)