| RUMBELOW | A meaningless or nonsense word occurring in the refrain of an old sea shanty, such as Hal-an-Tow (8) |
| LEATHERY | Like the sun-tanned skin of an old sea captain |
| PRINCOX | Shakespearean bighead such as Hal or Hamlet cut down bovine creature |
| TAR | Featherer's glue of choice; or, the black mark of an old sea dog or jack (3) |
| HELSTON | Market town in Cornwall famous for its Hal-an-Tow pageant and Furry Dance (7) |
| GREEN | 2011 American superhero film starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan (5,7) |
| LANTERN | 2011 American superhero film starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan (5,7) |
| RUFUSSEWELL | The Man in the High Castle actor who plays Kate's husband Hal an ex-ambassador on The Diplomat: 2 wds. |
| AVAST | Cease, to an old sea dog |
| FLUMMERY | Dialect word for a kind of cold porridge, pudding or Scots sowens of oatmeal; blancmange; anything insipid; or, empty talk, humbug, meaningless flattery or nonsense (8) |
| COBBLERS | Classic iced refreshers of sherry and citrus; cordwainers or souters, known collectively as a drunkship; deep-dish fruit pies or puddings with cake-, crumble-, dumpling- or scone-like toppings; or, no |
| FOLDEROL | Nonsense, originally a meaningless musical refrain |
| MALARKEY | Stupid behaviour or nonsense (8) |
| BUNK | An abscondence, decampment, flee, flit, getaway or other hurried or furtive departure; a sleeping berth in a ship; either of a pair of beds, one above the other; or, nonsense (4) |
| COD | Word for a chap or fellow; a cushion or pillow; a gadoid food-fish; a hoax or jest; a pea husk; or, nonsense (3) |
| HUMBUG | A hoax, sham or trick; an imposter; a lump of toffee; a black-and-white peppermint drop to which a stripy wild boarlet is likened; or, nonsense, such as Christmas, according to Dickens's curmudgeon ca |
| FAD | From a term for trivial matters or nonsense, a word for a fashion, a fleeting craze, a furore or a whim (3) |
| EIEIO | Letters in the refrain of Old MacDonald |
| IMBAD | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |
| DERRY | Meaningless word in the refrains of some ballads |
