| RADIUM | I get on a drum and become very active (6) |
| BEATIT | End of the sentence "Make like a drum and ..." |
| EAR | Body part that has a lobe, a drum, and a canal |
| ONTHEGO | After wasting first of January, say, I become very active |
| GOINTOOVERDRIVE | Investigate during car journey that's become very active (2,4,9) |
| RATTAT | A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) (3-3) |
| TATTOO | Beating on a drum to leave marks on the skin (6) |
| BRUTAL | Little brother, you start talking and become very cruel (6) |
| FREEZE | Stand still and become very cold (6) |
| SEETHE | Spot article and become very angry (6) |
| DROWSY | A female pig gets dry and becomes very sleepy (6) |
| TOMTOM | Catty repetition on a drum (6) |
| RAPPEL | Eminem perhaps cut off and left beating on a drum |
| GOWILD | West Indies occupy first place and become very excited (2,4) |
| LESION | Les and I get on together but there's this hurt evident (6) |
| LOTION | That's fate! I get on with cosmetic production (6) |
| NORTON | Ken ___, March-June, 1978 WBC heavyweight champion who acted in films Drum and Mandingo (6) |
| COOPER | Raises a toast at St James's Gate perhaps for one managing The Drums and The Hoops? (6) |
| PRETORIA | Garbled report I get on a city in Africa |
| ANON | Soon after, I get on a vegetable (4) |
