Word "BATON" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
Synonyms:
billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
Synonyms:
wand

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Crossword Clues for BATON

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Conductor's wand (5) Mirror Quick 05 Aug 2025
Stick to prohibition outside (5) Mirror Cryptic 05 Aug 2025
__ Rouge LA Times Daily 28 Jul 2025
Night flier on the staff
Orchestra conductor's stick
Players take their time watching it
Stick passed in a relay The Telegraph Plusword 07 Jul 2025
Carry on playing for the club (5)
Keep going at the wicket as conductor takes one in hand (5)
Stick! Don't throw your wicket away! (5)
A conductor's staff (5)
(3/5) "My teammate is in view, I extend my arm to pass the ___ (relay race stick)"
Conductor's implement The Telegraph Quick 02 Jun 2025
Relay stick Newsday 25 May 2025
Stick in a 97-Across
Stick passed in a relay race
Conductor's 53 Down The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 May 2025
Stick - don't declare (5)
Relay-race stick Newsday 28 Apr 2025
Conductor's wand Mirror Quick 23 Apr 2025
Stick to prohibition outside Mirror Cryptic 23 Apr 2025
Staff used in relays (5)
Don't declare wand (5)
The musicians watch it and continue to play! (5)
Stick passed in a race The Telegraph Mini 08 Apr 2025
Truncheon The Telegraph Quick 03 Apr 2025
As used by conductor imploring cricket captain not to declare? (5)
Conductor's wand The Sun Two Speed 20 Mar 2025
Don't declare weapon to police The Sun Two Speed 20 Mar 2025
Twirler's item
Airline with 100 staff The Times Cryptic 13 Mar 2025
Pass it on! New York Times 27 Feb 2025
Continue to play cricket with a stick (5)
To ban unreasonably from a club (5)
Stick to it at the crease (5)
Relay-race stick Mirror Tea Time 19 Feb 2025
Stick - don't declare yet (5)
Staff working to support sonar operator, perhaps? The Times Cryptic 18 Feb 2025
Conductor's wand Mirror Quick 18 Feb 2025
Stick to prohibition outside Mirror Cryptic 18 Feb 2025
Stick no flap the wrong way round (5)
Conducting rod? Family Time 10 Feb 2025
Stick and continue to play cricket (5)
Cue stick?
Conductor's rod The Times Concise 27 Jan 2025
Relay race handoff Premier Sunday 26 Jan 2025
What, as a staff, is the sign of authority, but in English heraldry is the sign of a illegitimacy? (5)
Police truncheon The Telegraph Quick 24 Jan 2025
Conducted with a ball on it
Relay handoff Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2025
What to do with a stick, given 'not out'? (5)
Don't allow to poke in the stick (5)
Stick used in a relay (5)
Item not to be dropped by a team of runners The Telegraph Plusword 20 Dec 2024
A conductor needs a degree of weight to wave it (5)
With which the conductor indicates the innings shouldn't close? (5)
Club or short staff (5)
Stick in a relay race Universal 13 Dec 2024
- Rouge, Louisiana
Conducting stick (5)
Even if it's passed in the relay, keep going at the wicket (5)
Stick to veto all round (5)
Continue to defend wicket with relay stick (5)
Graduate not waving stick (5)
Conductor's wand Mirror Quick 11 Nov 2024
Stick to prohibition outside Mirror Cryptic 11 Nov 2024
Continue to face bowler with stick (5)
Metal tube used in a relay race (5)
Military stick (5) Puzzler 31 Oct 2024
Stick no flap the wrong way (5)
With 3-Down, Pelican State capital LA Times Mini 19 Oct 2024
Truncheon Mirror Classic 19 Oct 2024
Relay race stick USA Today 16 Oct 2024
The conductor uses it to continue the innings (5)
Some French bread is passed in relay (5)
It's relayed in a relay race Universal 03 Oct 2024
Conductor's staff
Continue trying to score runs as needed by the conductor (5)
Graduate heavyweight getting stick (5)
Stick a round, say! (5)
Item twirled in a parade USA Today 01 Oct 2024
Rod will continue to play cricket (5)
Nocturnal animal on a stick (5)
No tab is returned for a relay bar (5)
Beat indicator to continue at the crease? (5)
Stick used by orchestra conductor (5)
Prop used in a relay race track and field event
Pass it on! New York Times 07 Sep 2024
Relay stick LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2024
Truncheon Mirror Classic 02 Sep 2024
There's no bat available so wave this instead
Stick no label upside-down
____ Rouge, capital of Louisiana The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Aug 2024
A stick and a bit of carrot? (5) The Guardian Cryptic 26 Aug 2024
Conductor's wand Mirror Quick 25 Aug 2024
Stick to prohibition outside (5) Mirror Cryptic 25 Aug 2024
PlusWord No 796 solution The Telegraph Plusword 26 Jul 2024
Keep playing cricket for club The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jul 2024
The conductor's wand (5)
Flying mammal on a stick
Relay race stick Mirror Tea Time 10 Jul 2024
*With 48-Across, capital city on the Mississippi Wall Street Journal 10 Jul 2024
Can such a charge stick? (5)
Fashion graduate's first stick (5)
One might be passed on the track Wall Street Journal 22 Jun 2024
Don't declare! Stick!
As used by the conductor to keep the innings going? (5)
Relay stick Thomas Joseph 11 Jun 2024
Stick the label back on (5)
Don't declare yet - stick! (5)
Relay runners' stick
Stick no flap back (5)
___ Rouge, city on the Mississippi (5)
Item passed in a relay race The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 May 2024
Staff stay at the crease (5) Puzzler Cryptic 24 May 2024
Used by a conductor, to add to the score (5)
RELAY TEAM HANDOFF
Maestro's instrument
Majorette accessory (5)
Small staff a sports club takes on (5)
Staff take more time to deal with deliveries The Times Cryptic 23 Apr 2024
Stick at the crease, being not out?
Word in a state capital
Prop passed in a relay race
Continue playing cricket with a stick (5)
Metal tube passed from one runner to another in a relay race (5)
Conductor's wand Mirror Quick 05 Apr 2024
Short cane used by a orchestra conductor (5)
Stick to prohibition outside Mirror Cryptic 05 Apr 2024
An orchestra conductor's stick
What object is passed on between runners in a relay race? (5)
Stick or remain at the crease? (5)
Outlaw getting around to stick
You've got to hand it to some runners
Orchestra conductor's wand
Fail to declare what runner gives you to carry
The maestro may take one in hand (5)
Graduate not turning up gets stick (5)
Staff stay in? The Guardian Cryptic 16 Feb 2024
Don't allow to enter the club (5)
Truncheon Mirror Classic 03 Feb 2024
Stick passed in relay races
Crazy to ban one in a relay race (5)
Ban applied to conductor's kit (5)
Stick for a majorette
Don't allow to come in with the truncheon (5)
& 4A State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) Mirror Quiz 25 Dec 2023
The prohibition has to content the staff
Relay race stick Newsday 18 Dec 2023
Staff worn as badge of office
Conductor’s tool Wall Street Journal 05 Dec 2023
Stick no label on to send back (5)
It's a majorette's prop from Manitoba to Newfoundland (5)
Relay stick Thomas Joseph 13 Sep 2023
Relay team's rod The Times Concise 11 Sep 2023
You can pick it up and run with it! The Guardian Quick 24 Aug 2023
Stick handed off in a relay race USA Today 20 Aug 2023
Upset no key office staff? The Times Cryptic 11 Aug 2023
Marching staff keep playing The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jun 2023
Relay race stick USA Today 13 Jun 2023
What a majorette twirls USA Today 18 May 2023
Conductor's stick Family Time 08 May 2023
Conductor's stick Irish Times Simplex 22 Apr 2023
Don't get out stick The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2023
Wand The Telegraph Quick 26 Mar 2023
Relay race prop
Relay race stick?
'Britain's 2012 relay coach hands over ____' (2011 The Times sport headline, about a resignation) The Times Specialist Sunday 25 Dec 2022
Relay race accessory
Stick — at the crease, perhaps? The Times Cryptic 05 Oct 2022
Stick up only CD of first four, perhaps? The Times Cryptic 31 Aug 2022
Bandleader's stick Newsday 30 Aug 2022
Conductor's stick USA Today 17 Aug 2022
Majorette's prop Thomas Joseph 02 Aug 2022
Relay stick Eugene Sheffer 29 Jun 2022
Relay race stick The Times Concise 18 Jun 2022
Conductor's need Thomas Joseph 19 May 2022
Relay race stick The Times Concise 12 May 2022
Relay race prop
Tube taken by someone who needs to rush off
"Pass the ___," track race idiom that may be used at work to refer to handing over responsibilities
Prop passed in a relay race
Exhortation to continue at crease getting stick? The Times Cryptic 16 Dec 2021
Relay stick Eugene Sheffer 27 Nov 2021
___ Rouge, LA Family Time 17 Oct 2021
Conductor's stick Universal 25 Aug 2021
Suits leave bus station for The Garda Club Irish Times Crosaire 07 Aug 2021
Don't declare weapon to police
Club bar overlooks a fair amount of the town Irish Times Crosaire 10 Jul 2021
Continue to play, getting stick
Staff not declaring
Relay race stick?
Relay race stick The Telegraph Quick 25 Jan 2021
Conductor’s need Wall Street Journal 19 Jan 2021
Relay stick Thomas Joseph 19 Dec 2020
Conducting need Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2020
Decide against declaring in blackjack?
Conductor’s tool Wall Street Journal 10 Nov 2020
Staff flap about working
Bandleader's stick Newsday 12 Oct 2020
___ Rouge, capital of Louisiana
Continue to play with stick?
___ Rouge, Louisiana
Don't declare weapon The Sun Two Speed 20 Jun 2020
Conductor's wand The Sun Two Speed 20 Jun 2020
Truncheon The Telegraph Quick 29 May 2020
Club giving order for man facing bowler? The Telegraph Cryptic 28 May 2020
Prohibition is about to stick The Telegraph Cryptic 13 May 2020
Club bar overlooks a fair amount of the town Irish Times Crosaire 09 May 2020
One may be dropped in race for staff The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Mar 2020
Relay need Thomas Joseph 29 Feb 2020
Relay stick Eugene Sheffer 14 Feb 2020
Don't declare weapon to police? The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2020
Stick passed in relays
Conductor's stick Irish Times Simplex 21 Dec 2019
Twirler's rod USA Today 07 Dec 2019
Drum major's accessory USA Today 10 Nov 2019
Continue to play with stick?
Twirler's rod Universal 19 Oct 2019
Stick for conducting Wall Street Journal 12 Oct 2019
Drum major's twirler USA Today 09 Sep 2019
Conductor's stick The Guardian Speedy 01 Sep 2019
Don't declare weapon
Conductor's rod The Telegraph Quick 09 Aug 2019
Keep playing cricket?  Give it a twirl!
Short stick The Telegraph Quick 14 Jul 2019
Conductor's stick The Times Concise 08 Jul 2019
Conductor's conductor Universal 17 May 2019
Stick passed in relay races
Don't declare it's a stick
It's passed on from bachelor to knight
Conductor's conductor
Twirler's rod
Stick for conducting
Drum major's twirler
Conductor's wand Newsday 27 Nov 2018
Drum major's object Universal 02 Nov 2018
Relay race handoff New York Times 29 Oct 2018
Relay racer's implement Canadiana 15 Oct 2018
Relay-race stick Newsday 19 Sep 2018
Meet stick New York Times 09 Aug 2018
Office staff stay in? The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jun 2018
Relay stick LA Times Daily 04 Jun 2018
Relay race stick
Drum major's item Universal 19 Apr 2018
Relay racer's handoff USA Today 13 Apr 2018
Relay race item Universal 28 Mar 2018
Ceremonial staff continue to receive deliveries
Conductor's stick The Telegraph Quick 15 Mar 2018
It's passed in a race LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2018
It's passed in a race The Washington Post 11 Mar 2018
Conductor's wand The Guardian Speedy 04 Mar 2018
Don�t get out the big stick The Telegraph Toughie 13 Feb 2018
Don't get out the big stick The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Feb 2018
Stick with working club
Relay stick
Relay race item
Drum major's object
Drum major's item
Meet stick
Relay racer's handoff
Relay race handoff
Conducting need
Club turnover with no expenses Irish Times Crosaire 30 Dec 2017
Relay stick The Washington Post 21 Dec 2017
You might pass one in a race New York Times 03 Sep 2017
Don't declare staff The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Aug 2017
Conductor's stick Newsday 08 Aug 2017
Staff raise no bill
Stick passed on a track LA Times Daily 27 Jun 2017
Stick passed on a track The Washington Post 27 Jun 2017
Word on the state capitals list Newsday 07 May 2017
Academic heavyweight one's passed in athletics event
Leading indicator? Wall Street Journal 27 Apr 2017
It may be passed The Washington Post 26 Apr 2017
It may be passed LA Times Daily 26 Apr 2017
Stick to orders, keep scoring runs
Track bar LA Times Daily 18 Mar 2017
Track bar The Washington Post 18 Mar 2017
Don't get out truncheon!
Stick no bill up The Times Cryptic 21 Feb 2017
Stick no bill up
Stick — at the wicket?
Stick — at the wicket? The Times Cryptic 06 Jan 2017
You might pass one in a race
Stick passed on a track
It may be passed
Track bar
Stick to disrupting prohibition
Wearing something black for Halloween? Give us a twirl!
Stick to disrupting prohibition
Stick?  Stick at the crease, it seems
It's waved before musicians Universal 22 Sep 2016
Don't walk away from bowler for the conductor Irish Times Crosaire 17 Sep 2016
Stick label back on The Times Cryptic 12 Sep 2016
Relay link LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2016
Prop for 38-Across Eugene Sheffer 27 Aug 2016
Don't declare staff The Telegraph Toughie 01 Jul 2016
Item handed over a century after the onset of battle
Don't declare it's a stick! The Telegraph Toughie 01 Mar 2016
Club's instructions for man at wicket? The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Feb 2016
Relay link
It's waved before musicians
Maestro's stick New York Times 29 Dec 2015
To stay at the crease, this mustn't be dropped by team The Times Cryptic 30 Oct 2015
Conductor's wand USA Today 25 Jul 2015
You might pass one in a race LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2015
Decide against declaration, Billy?
Conductor's stick Family Time 01 Jun 2015
Light wand The Telegraph Quick 26 May 2015
You might pass one when running Wall Street Journal 18 May 2015
Twirler's toy Canadiana 04 May 2015
Injunction about to stick The Telegraph Toughie 24 Mar 2015
Stick sock on The Telegraph Toughie 17 Mar 2015
Staff don't make declaration The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Mar 2015
Staff with a beat Newsday 07 Feb 2015
Staff with a beat
Conductor's wand
You might pass one in a race
Maestro's stick
Leading indicator?
___ Rouge
Twirler's need
Something passed between the legs?
Conducting rod
Conductor's wand
What a twirler twirls
Conducting rod?
One being passed in a race
Conductor's stick
Drum major's stick
Drum major's stick
Conductor's device
A racer may pass it
A racer may pass it
__ Rouge
Conductor's stick
Relay hand-off
Stokowski's stick
Conductor's rod
Pit item
Conductor's wand
Bandleader's stick
Conductor's wand
Conducting rod?
Twirler's stick
Conducting rod
Majorette's wand
Parade twirler
One passed by a runner
Stick in a pit
Conductor's wand
Majorette's twirler
Drum major's stick
Item for a majorette or a maestro
Conductor's prop
4 x 100 meters need
It can help keep time
Track stick
It's passed in relays
Part of Louisiana's capital
Drum major's need
Stick that's waved
Conductor's need
It's passed in relays
Drum major's prop
Relay race handoff
Conductor's stick
Relay race rod
Relay racer's holding
Conductor's prop
Relay-race handoff
Relay-race need
It can help keep time
It can help keep time
This gets passed in some races
___ Rouge
Parade twirler
Parade twirler
Relay need
Conductor's need
Conducting rod?
Maestro's wand
Relay race hand-off
Stick with the beat?
Orchestra leader?
Conductor's stick
Maestro's wand
Conducting rod
Maestro's wand
Maestro's wand
Relay stick
Conductor's tool
Solti's stick
Conductor's wand
Relay stick
Twirler's stick
Majorette's wand
Majorette's twirler
Drum major's need
Majorette's need
Parade spinner
Drum major's accessory
Relay-race hand-off
Stick that's waved
Exhortation to continue at crease getting stick?
Twirler's stick
Musical guide
Conductor's rod
Tool for Toscanini
Truncheon
Night stick
Twirler's tool
Twirler's stick
Conductor's need
Solti's stick
It can help keep time
____ Rouge
Tool for 21 Across
Solti stick
Louisiana's is rouge
Magic stick
-Rouge
Timekeeper, of sorts
Flic's club
Mehta's wand
Mehta waves it
Majorette's wand
Stokowski's stick
Long loaf of bread
Bernstein's waver
Relay rod
Musical wand
Mehta's need
___ Rouge, La.
Musical staff?
Item for Rostropovich
Stick for Ozawa
Relay-race item
Staff symbolic of office
Wand for Mehta
Maestro's prop
Twirler's tool
Wand
Ozawa waves it
Twirling rod
Stick for Mehta
Drum major's need
Solti's need
___ Rouge
Conductor's need
Leinsdorf's stick
___ twirler
Ormandy's aid
___ Rouge, lair of eleven "Tigers."
Wielded by 21 or 23 Across.
A wand for Beecham.
D'Artagnan's reward.
Stick in a pit
One passed by a sprinter
It gets passed on the track
Conductor's item.
Munch wields it.
___ Rouge, La., where they make synthetic rubber.
Equipment for Leinsdorf
Wand.
Relay-race tube.
Long loaf of bread.
___ Rouge, lair of Louisiana's "Tigers."
Leader's wand.
___ Rouge.
Stick.
Drum major's staff.
A must for Bernstein.
Maestro's accessory.
Tempo stick.
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