| CONGA | Word before "drum" or "line" |
| STEEL | Word before drum or guitar |
| EAR | Word before drum or trumpet |
| HUM | Sound before drum |
| CROAKER | A grumbler or pessimist; slang word for a doctor; a fish also called a drum; or, an animal such as frog, raven or toad that utters a low hoarse sound (7) |
| HATBOXES | Word for the lidded buckets, cases, drums or valises of cardboard or leather in which to store or transport one's bowlers, chapeaux, fascinators, gibuses, millinery, toppers or other such creations (8 |
| SET | Word after drum or gift |
| KIT | Word after drum or press |
| CORPS | Word after drum or press |
| ROLL | Word that can follow "drum" or "jelly" |
| TRAIL | Beaten or blazed path in the wilds; or, a series of signs or clues such as footprints, spoor or line-shaped vaporous clouds marking the passage of a person, quarry or aircraft (5) |
| STOCK | A tree trunk or main stem; a perennial part of a herbaceous plant; a person's ancestry or line of descent; a fund or store; or, a farm's collective animals, kept for meat or milk (5) |
| TATTOO | Evening signal by drum or bugle recalling soldiers to their quarters; a form of body art; or, a short term for drumming with the fingers (6) |
| SKIN | A hide; the body's somatosensory cutis; sausage casing; potato peel; a drum; or, a layer that forms on the top of hot custard or milk as it cools (4) |
| SPIN | Word meaning "draw out and twist into thread" originally, now "revolve", as in a cricket ball, subatomic particle, washer's drum or whirligig, e.g. (4) |
| INSTRUMENT | Drum, or piano, e.g. (10) |
| MORTAR | Building mixture in drum or tarpaulin |
| BONGO | Small drum or large antelope |
| BASS | ---- drum or ---- clef (4) |
| PAN | A steel drum; or, a saltworks (3) |
