Stick up some notable personage (5)
I believe the answer is:
baton
'stick up some notable personage' is the definition.
'baton' can be an answer for 'stick' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'up some notable personage' bit.
'stick up some notable personage' is the wordplay.
'stick' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of stick).
'up some notable personage' becomes 'on' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bat'+'on'='BATON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for baton that I've seen before include "weapon" , "Policeman's truncheon" , "A stick for a conductor and policeman" , "A conductor wields it - or a policemen" , "Piece of equipment" .)