The term 'AROUND THE GILLS GREEN' can be broken down into six crossword solutions: AIL (3 letters), ILLER (5 letters), ILL (3 letters), AILS (4 letters), SICK (4 letters), and ILLEST (6 letters). AIL is a verb meaning to be afflicted with an illness or disease, while iller and illest are comparative and superlative forms of the adjective ILL, which means having an illness or disease. AILS is a noun meaning a physical ailment or sickness, and SICK is an adjective meaning affected by an illness or disease. Together, these words describe someone who is very ILL or suffering from a serious illness.