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Exhortation to continue at crease getting stick? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baton

'stick?' is the definition.
(term for a stick or staff)

'exhortation to continue at crease' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'to' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ban' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for baton that I've seen before include "Conductor wields it - or a policeman" , "A conductor wields it - or a policemen" , "Short rod (that can be passed!)" , "Controller of players" , "Short stick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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