Pass-the-baton race
The crossword clue "Pass-the-baton race" is answered by RELAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RELAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RELAY answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RELAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RELAY, most used first.
- Pass along - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass on - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of race - used 37 times, most recently in 2010
- Baton-passing race - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of race - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Race with a baton - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Track event - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Race with batons - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass on, as a message - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Team race - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Baton-passing event - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Four-person race - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Switching device - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Team racing event - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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