| NONSENSE | A form of absurd verse composed by Edward Lear (8) |
| POMP | ___ and Circumstance Marches, a set of orchestral works composed by Edward Elgar (4) |
| POMPAND | ? Military Marches, series of pieces for orchestra composed by Edward Elgar from 1901-30 (4,3,12) |
| CIRCUMSTANCE | - Military Marches, series of pieces for orchestra composed by Edward Elgar from 1901-30 (4,3,12) |
| LIMERICK | Verse form popularised by Edward Lear (8) |
| DOGGEREL | Comic verse composed by e.g. old Reg (8) |
| PEAGREEN | Colour of the boat travelled in by the owl and the pussycat in a nonsense poem by Edward Lear (3-5) |
| PUSSYCAT | The Owl and the ___, poem by Edward Lear (8) |
| THEAKOND | Nonsense song by Edward Lear, last in 1877 volume Laughable Lyrics (3,5) |
| BONGTREE | Fictional plant mentioned in The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear (4-4) |
| MADDENED | Angered by report of absurd death (8) |
| CREVASSE | A hundred verses composed about a fissure (8) |
| OVERPAID | Makes too much, perhaps, of absurd rap video |
| RUNCIBLE | Type of spoon used by The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in Edward Lear's poem (8) |
| LUMINOUS | Dong with a ___ Nose, Edward Lear character (8) |
| SEVERALLY | Verse composed by a friend may be considered separately (9) |
| PARROTS | Known collectively as a pandemonium or a prattle, psittacine popinjays such as lovebirds or any of those depicted in lithographs by Edward Lear (7) |
| OWL | Companion of the pussy-cat in a poem by Edward Lear (3) |
| SEVERE | Critical verse composed by Emerson initially (6) |
| POEM | Verse composed by Edgar Allan at Minehead (4) |
