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Track event where runners pass a baton to the next team member, in a race to cross the finish line first — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the September 8 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
RELAY
5 letters
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Where this clue appears
September 8 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword September 8 2026
RELAY
Race where the baton is passed
RELAY
5
Team race with batons
RELAY
5
Sport with a baton where a runner races to pass it to the next running player
RELAY
5
Baton-passing race
RELAY
5
Team race with batons
RELAY
5
Olympic team race with batons
RELAY
5
Race with batons
RELAY
5
Team race with batons
RELAY
5
Race where you shouldn't drop the baton
RELAY
5
___ race, sport in which astronaut Steve Swanson participated by running on a treadmill in space
RELAY
5
Boo-___ (crying sound)
HOO
3
Airport screening agency: Abbr.
TSA
3
Gawk at someone creepily (anagram of "loge")
OGLE
4
Flightless Australian bird that can grow up to two meters tall
EMU
3
Swimmer's units
LAPS
4
Horned farm animal whose kid is called "kid"
GOAT
4
Pest at a picnic
ANT
3
Knights' titles
SIRS
4
Lambs' fathers
RAMS
4
Use a shovel
DIG
3
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