Crossword-Solution: UMPIRING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Umpiring | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Umpire |
We have 4 clues for the answer “UMPIRING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Acting as an arbiter. | 1 answer |
| Calling at home, say | 1 answer |
| Calling career? | 1 answer |
| Calling strikes, e.g. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
EERTOLC
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with UMPIRING (5)
His Lordship is sufficiently cross with me now, because I had to give him out leg-before at the annual estate match last Saturday, when I was umpiring.
They hid behind trees, borrowed silk hats and umbrellas and pretended they were visitors—any device, however mean, to avoid the task of umpiring for that young man.
Truxton King, stalwart and lazy, lounged on the turf, umpiring the game, attended by two pretty young girls, a lieutenant in flannels and the ceremonious Count Quinnox, iron grey and gaunt-faced battleman with the sabre scars on his cheek and the bullet wound in his side.
Cricket was not in his line--he was not one of your flannelled fools--and of all things in connection with the game he loathed umpiring most.
When, however, Tony came on to bowl at his end, _vice_ Charteris, who had been hit for three fours in an over by Scott, the School slogger, he recognized that even umpiring had its advantages, and resolved to make the most of the situation.
Quotes with UMPIRING (3)
Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.
I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning.
Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1958–2011).