Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 337 Monday April 6Th 2015

[Dickiedot]

A ruminant's fourth stomach (4) r?a?

[fiction-factory]

reed?

[fiction-factory]

craw?

[Jackdaw33]

Rumen

[fiction-factory]

Is it definitely 4 letters? It's normally abomasum. Is it a cryptic clue and is that the full clue?

[Dickiedot]

4 letters r?a? so that rules out reed, rumen and craw ???

[Dickiedot]

Yep definitely 4 letters, it's general knowledge the 'r' comes from the winner of the 2013 Epsom Derby, 'Ruler of the world' the 'a' from Norse gods, inhabitants of Asgard, Aesir

[Dickiedot]

My original thought was 'Reum' and I agree abomasum is the usual answer but it ain't 4 letters

[fiction-factory]

for reed read read

[Dickiedot]

Thanks fiction-factory, looked it up in BRB and read = a ruminant's fourth stomach, the abomasum origin OE read