Clues for the word "BATON"
We've had 146 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 294 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 10, 2026.
Definition of baton
- n. - A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
- n. - An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
Referring Clues
- It can help keep time
- Stick that's waved
- Majorette's need
- Conductor's wand
- Conductor's stick
- Stick with the beat?
- Drum major's accessory
- 4 x 100 meters need
- Relay stick
- Conducting rod
- Maestro's wand
- Twirler's stick
- Relay race rod
- Conductor's prop
- Item for a majorette or a maestro
- It's passed in relays
- Relay racer's holding
- Relay race handoff
- Parade twirler
- Relay-race need
- Bandleader's stick
- Drum major's prop
- Drum major's need
- Majorette's twirler
- Conductor's stick
- ___ rouge
- This gets passed in some races
- Conducting rod?
- Stick in a pit
- Ozawa stick
- Conductor's need
- Conductors stick
- Relay racer's concern
- Twirler's concern
- Majorette's wand
- Relay race stick
- Nightstick
- Nightstick
- Race stick
- Majorette's prop
- Maestro's prop
- ___ Rouge, LA
- Majorette's staff
- Maestro's staff
- Stokowski's stick
- Twirler's gear
- Conductor's rod
- Relay race hand-off
- Conductor's device
- Major-ette's prop
- Drum major's stick
- Pit item
- Leading indicator?
- A racer may pass it
- One being passed in a race
- Staff
- What a twirler twirls
- Something passed between the legs?
- Twirler's need
- Drum majorette's staff
- Twirler's toy
- Track figures
- You might pass one in a race
- Maestro's stick
- Prop for 38-Across
- Tool for Bernstein
- Relay link
- It's waved before musicians
- Track bar
- It may be passed
- Word on the state capitals list
- Timekeeper, of sorts
- Relay-team prop
- Truncheon
- Club
- Item handed over a century after the onset of battle
- Wearing something black for Halloween? Give us a twirl!
- Don't get out truncheon!
- Short rod (that can be passed!)
- Stick no tab incorrectly
- One a policeman may have to nab, possibly?
- The club boat's changed course!
- Don't allow to poke in the stick
- Stick at the crease, being not out?
- Can such a charge stick?
- Don't declare - stick
- Stick to first degree of speed
- Staff try to increase score without making declaration
- Stick and stay in the middle
- Interdiction that's about to stick
- Police (or conductor's) stick
- One passed by a runner
- What a majorette twirls
- Stick or stay in?
- Rod's to continue the innings
- Notable rising after the Spanish lost a weapon
- Celebrity returns without the French stick
- Club, stick
- Stick? No, sticker, on reflection
- Mounting check on staff
- Stick label back on
- Bar, stifling to staff
- Staff may make racket, working
- Stick to disrupting prohibition
- Stick with the old cosmetic
- 18th S - don't get out make-up
- You've got to hand it to some runners
- Outlaw getting around to stick
- It's passed in a race
- Relay race item
- Relay racer's handoff
- Drum major's item
- Stick
- The maestro may take one in hand
- Flying mammal on a stick
- Wand
- Meet stick
- Relay racer's implement
- Drum major's object
- Conductor's staff
- Stick a round, say!
- What to do with a stick, given 'not out'?
- Conductor's conductor
- To ban unreasonably from a club
- Police truncheon
- Drum major's twirler
- Stick for conducting
- Twirler's rod
- It gets passed on a track
- Stick up some notable personage
- Stick at your task of not getting out!
- Majorette's stick
- One a policeman may have to nab, possibly?
- Give it a twirl!
- Orchestral instrument that doesn't make a sound
- Stick at the crease, being not out?
- Can such a charge stick?
- Stick handed off in a relay race
- Stick twirled in a marching band
- Pass it on!
- Item twirled in a parade
- Conducting rod?
- Twirler's item
- Something a majorette twirls
- Stick in an orchestra
- Track and field handout
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 10, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 06, 2026
- Daily American - March 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 24, 2026
- LA Times - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 03, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 17, 2025
- New York Times - December 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 11, 2025
- New York Times - November 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2025
- LA Times - July 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 20, 2025
- New York Times - February 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2025
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