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Across
  1. 2. Is a dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot, after being poured over slices (or other pieces) of toasted bread, or the hot cheese sauce may be served in a chafing dish like a fondue, accompanied by sliced, toasted bread;
  2. 3. The capital city of Wales, in the south-east of the country. It is an important industrial city and port, and a major cultural centre. It is governed by a unitary authority;
  3. 7. A national park around Snowdon in north-west Wales. It is an important tourist centre, famous for its attractive mountain scenery;
  4. 8. A town in North Wales where the International Music Eisteddfod is held every year;
  5. 10. A type of festival, held in Wales, in which there are singing, music and poetry competitions;
  6. 12. A vegetable like a long onion with many layers of wide flat leaves that are white at the bottom and green at the top. Leeks are eaten cooked. The leek is a national symbol of Wales;
  7. 13. The Welsh language;
  8. 17. A fierce, imaginary animal with wings and claws, able to breathe out fire which is the official symbol of Wales;
  9. 18. Is a Welsh dish, in modern Welsh the word is used to refer to any soup or broth;
Down
  1. 1. A country that is ruled by a prince;
  2. 2. A game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players, using an oval ball which may be kicked or carried. Teams try to put the ball over the other team’s line;
  3. 4. A handcrafted gift made of a solid block of wood, the tradition of a male admirer crafting this object for a young woman indicated to the woman’s family that he was skilled and capable with his hands;
  4. 5. A mountain in north-west Wales, in Snowdonianational park. It is the highest mountain in England and Wales (1085 metres/3560 feet);
  5. 6. Is traditionally eaten fried with bacon and cockles as part of a Welsh breakfast;
  6. 7. The patron saint of Wales (c. 520-600);
  7. 9. A speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very much; a speech given at a funeral praising the person who has died;
  8. 11. A tall yellow spring flower shaped like a trumpet. It is a national symbol of Wales;
  9. 14. The process of getting coal and other minerals from under the ground; the industry involved in this;
  10. 15. A person who writes poems;
  11. 16. A large musical instrument with strings stretched on a vertical frame, played with the fingers;