Possible Clues:

• Gin drunk at first, and another spirit - nine could come from this
• Band instrument (2 words)
• Captured odd military instrument
• One's hit a racehorse on both sides of shin
• Dispatch a couple of card players to lift percussion instrument
• Makes noise with it in pit to trap tank
• Caught odd banger
• Rub out answer that's written the wrong way -- one's beaten
• Percussion instrument in a kit
• Caught short and this may be beaten