Men Cryptic

[mikecork]

Clue: haughtiness displayed by beastly monarchs (5,2,5)

I have -r-d-o---t-s

I expect it is something like pride of ..... And I would have thought it was lions.

The last character s is the start of the previous clue where state lottery was proposed.

[vakayu]

Where are you getting the t from?

[dannyk13]

Pride of lions

[mikecork]

Clue: produced a bloomer using lower mouthpiece (5), I took this to be tulip

[dannyk13]

Oxlip

[sandyRoe]

Oxlip?

[vakayu]

would oxlip work then pride of lions!

[dannyk13]

^^^^^^^^

[mikecork]

Thanks folks oxlip must be correct and as I suspected it is lions.

Thanks folks and may I wish all answerbank readers a happy and prosperous new year

[vakayu]

Thanks mikecork and the same to you,I was only confirming what you thought all along!!!

[factor-fiction]

an ox is a lower in that it lows ("the cattle are lowing...")