The Clue
Staff symbolic of office (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BATON
Tags
Notes
The answer BATON is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
___ Rouge
Wand
Bernstein's waver
Conductor's need
Conductor's stick
Conductor's wand
Flic's club
Item for Rostropovich
Maestro's prop
Magic stick
Majorette's need
Majorette's wand
Mehta's need
Mehta's wand
Musical wand
Pit item
Relay rod
___ Rouge, La.
Solti's need
Stick with the beat?
Stick for Mehta
Stick for Ozawa
Stokowski's stick
Timekeeper, of sorts
Twirler's tool
Twirling rod
Wand for Mehta
One being passed in a race
Drum major's need
Long loaf of bread
Mehta waves it
Ozawa waves it
Relay-race item
Stick that's waved
Something passed between the legs?
4 x 100 meters need
It can help keep time
Definition
BATON as a noun:
1. (baton, wand) = a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
2. (truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club) = a short stout club used primarily by policemen
3. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
4. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
5. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race