| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| HITS | Beats | |
| LICKS | Beats | |
| TROUNCES | Beats | |
| PULSATIONS | Beats | |
| OUTDOES | Beats | |
| CLUBS | Discos’ beats | |
| BASHES | Beats up | |
| ASSAULTS | Beats up | |
| PIPS | Just beats | |
| RHYTHMS | Regular beats | |
| THROBS | Beats rapidly | |
| PALPITATES | Beats rapidly | |
| BATTERS | Beats pancake mixes | |
| TACHYCARDIA | Rapid heart beats | |
| RACES | Beats faster (of heart) | |
| FLOGS | Beats with a whip | |
| PASTES | Beats with a stick | |
| BASTE | Moisten while roasting (beats cooking) | |
| TYMPANIST | One who beats a drum. | |
| WHIPS | Sorry, township has not abolished beats | |
| BASEMENT | Beats men silly in the cellar | |
| HEART | It beats being in the arts | |
| PITAPAT | With quick light taps or beats | |
| BEATER | One who, or that which, beats. | |
| CUDGELER | One who beats with a cudgel. | |