Synchronised as drummers hope to be? (2,4)
I believe the answer is:
in time
'synchronised' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'as drummers hope to be?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'time' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in time that I've seen before include "Early enough" , "What musicians aim to be" , "eventually" , "Later perhaps" , "on schedule" .)