Club giving order for man facing bowler? (5)
I believe the answer is:
baton
'facing bowler?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'club giving order for man' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of club**).
'giving' says to put letters next to each other.
'order' becomes 'o' (abbreviation e.g. in British honours OM, OBE etc.).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'man' becomes 'n' (knight, a man in chess).
'bat'+'o'+'n'='BATON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for baton that I've seen before include "Conductor's wand" , "Club, stick" , "Relay race stick" , "Short rod (that can be passed!)" , "Stick passed in relay races" .)