TAG Teaser 167 - Winter Olympics!
Across
- 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)
- 4. This is how many medals Team GB won - thanks to the all-Scottish 6-DOWN teams! (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)
- 6. This country hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics, and ended up coming in third, with 15 medals in total (5)
- 8. Five of these circles feature in the famous Olympics logo - their colours are blue, yellow, black, green and red *PLURAL* (5)
- 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)
- 13. This winter sport is like a mix of 1-ACROSSing and skateboarding... (12)
- 14. The United ______, also called the USA, finished the 2022 Winter Olympics in fourth place with 25 medals in total! (6)
- 15. This is the colour of the Number 1 medal - and metal! (4)
- 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. This Scandinavian country finished the 2022 Winter Olympics in fifth place, with 18 medals in total!(6)
- 2. ___ Hockey, a fast and furious contact sport played on a rink between two teams with six skaters each (3)
- 3. The Olympic _____, the flame carried by an athlete to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony (5)
- 6. A sport that Scotland are good at! It involves large round flat stones being slid across the surface towards a mark (7)
- 7. This is an informal name for a team captain such as 5-ACROSS Muirhead, and sounds like a bouncing walk (4)
- 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)
- 10. This is the capital of 6-ACROSS, where the 2022 games were held - it was formally known as Peking (7)
- 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)
- 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)