| EYEWASH | An informal term for nonsense or insincere talk (7) |
| BALONEY | Informal term for nonsense or foolish talk (7) |
| FLIMFLAM | Nonsensical or insincere talk (8) |
| CLAPTRAP | An informal term for nonsense or rubbish (8) |
| RUBBISH | What is an alternative term for nonsense (7) |
| HOGWASH | What has been an informal word for nonsense since the 15th century? (7) |
| UNCTION | Ceremonial oil, or insincere earnestness (7) |
| CANTATA | Insincere talk advanced with thanks for choral work (7) |
| GENERAL | 7Dn was first to be no-nonsense or vague (8,7) |
| FUDGE | Word for nonsense; or, a piece of stop-press news or the box left blank in a newspaper for thus (5) |
| CODSWALLOP | Slang word for nonsense or silly talk (10) |
| CANTINA | Concern for drinkers at home with answer to insincere talk |
| TOSH | British word for nonsense or bunk |
| TROTOUT | Solicitor makes case for nonsense to repeat endlessly |
| TOMMYROT | Informal and slightly dated term for nonsense (8) |
| HUMBUG | Peppermint sweet, or a slang term for nonsense (6) |
| FLAPDOODLE | An arbitrarily formed word for the imaginary food of fools; an absurd or foolish person; bosh, guff, nonsense or twaddle; or, fawning, fulsomeness or other form of flagrant flattery (10) |
| HORSEFEATHERS | 1932 Marx Brothers film whose title was a slang term for nonsense (5,8) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| TONGUEINCHEEK | Speaking or writing in an ironic or insincere way (6,2,5) |
