The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RELAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RELAY
- Broadcast about poet’s work
- Recalled US university runs a sort of race
- Bank holding a sort of race
- Broadcast put back
- Transfer from US college right to the west
- Pass on athletics event
- Once more put hand on
- Place once again used for broadcast
- Broadcast nearly ruined when intro’s lost
- Sporting event Ivy Leaguer backed?
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The straight part
We know that "Pass on/athletics event" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pass on/athletics event = relay.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RELAY mean?
RELAY noun- A new set of hounds.
- A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
- (by extension) A new set of anything.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
- A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.
- An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
- To release a new set of hounds.
- To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
- To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
- To pass on or transfer (information).
- To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.