| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Played like Ringo Starr | Commuter | 14 Jun 2025 |
| Kept the concert rhythm | ||
| What Ringo did (7) | ||
| Some humdrum meddler beat rhythmically (7) | ||
| Beat, tapped (7) | The Sun Mini | 04 Nov 2024 |
| Kept the beat, in a way | USA Today | 26 Apr 2024 |
| Moon once did this (7) | ||
| Tapped one's fingers rhythmically (7) | ||
| How the instrumentalists played on the twelfth day of Christmas | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 23 Dec 2018 |
| Played a Pearl set | Universal | 03 Nov 2018 |
| Played a Pearl set | ||
| Played a tabla or djembe | USA Today | 17 Nov 2017 |
| Played a tabla or djembe | ||
| Emulated Buddy Rich | ||
| Played a tattoo |