| LURGY | Nonsense word, popularised by the Goons, for any dreaded bug or illness of unspecified origin (5) |
| CUSHY | From Urdu for "pleasure" and Hindi for "happiness", a slang word, popularised by British soldiers in India, meaning "easy, comfortable" (5) |
| THUG | Goon for hire |
| TWIT | Word, popularised by Roald Dahl, for a fool, nincompoop or ninny (4) |
| TULIP | Originally from Persia and popularised by the Dutch in the 16th century, a colourful, cup-shaped spring flower (5) |
| HARRY | Member of The Goons who played Mr Bumble in the film Oliver! (5,7) |
| LURGI | Medical urging inclusion of unspecified illness (5) |
| SPIKE | Anglo/Irish comedian, writer and actor, a principal member of The Goons comedy team, who first came to Mallorca in the 1960s to visit his friend the writer Robert Graves in Deia, and returned several |
| REHAB | Course of therapy following addiction or illness (5) |
| NEHRU | ___ jacket, garment popularised by The Beatles (5) |
| STUFF | Fill very full with a collection of unspecified things (5) |
| THEIR | Belonging to a person of unspecified sex (5) |
| ONSET | Start of illness, ... of symptoms |
| GUESS | Imagine leader of the goons uses violence (5) |
| ASHEN | Very pale, esp. from shock or illness (5) |
| YADDA | Nonsense word spelled using only the letters in "day" |
| MOGNE | French-sounding nonsense word |
| EENIE | Nonsense word said while pointing a finger |
| SHOOP | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word |
| BOUBA | Nonsense word that many associate with rounded shapes |
