Something for the twins to beat? (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
tom-tom
'beat?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'something for the twins' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mom' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tom-tom that I've seen before include "Cylindrical drum" , "African drum on the double?" , "African drum beaten with hands, sounds repetitive" , "African hand-drum of repetitive kind" , "Medium-sized drum" .)