| PAULMCCARTNEY | Who played the drums on the Beatles' 1968 recording of "Back in the USSR"? (4,9) |
| BACKINTHEUSSR | Opening song on The Beatles' 1968 release, The White Album (4,2,3,4) |
| ANIMAL | He plays the drums on The Muppet Show (6) |
| REGIS | "It's Time for ___!" (Philbin's 1968 recording debut) |
| BOAC | Which now-defunct airline is namechecked in the first line of the Beatles" Back In The USSR? (1,1,1,1) |
| MURDER | Dispatch some snare drums on the way back (6) |
| ILER | Robert whose character plays drums on "The Sopranos" |
| FONTEYN | Ballerina stripped off before performing Back in the USSR? Certainly not! (7) |
| REPERCUSSIONS | Consequences about drums on Sunday |
| BILLYJOEL | He played his "Back in the USSR" during a concert in the USSR |
| DOCTORZHIVAGO | Boris Pasternak novel (1957), banned in the USSR (6,7) |
| BALALAIKAS | Instruments mentioned in the Beatles' 'Back in the USSR' |
| GOLF | Beat the living daylights out of back in the game (4) |
| REDSQUARE | Where Paul McCartney performed "Back in the USSR" on May 24, 2003 |
| SINGER | Molly's occupation in the Beatles 1968 hit song 'Ob-la-la-de-ob-la-da?' (6) |
| PHILCOLLINS | Genesis vocalist who played the drums: 2 wds. |
| KARENCARPENTER | 1970s vocalist who played the drums: 2 wds. |
| MICKYDOLENZ | Monkees vocalist who played the drums: 2 wds. |
| AMAJ | Key of "Back in the U.S.S.R.": Abbr. |
| NATURE | Kind of back in the rut, anyhow (6) |
