Band member first to dance with stranger

The answer to “Band member first to dance with stranger” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is DRUMMER — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 12, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 9-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Band member first to dance with stranger” answer

DRUMMER (7 letters)

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What does DRUMMER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of DRUMMER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Band member first to dance with stranger” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 12, 2026 (most recent) → DRUMMER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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