The Clue
Fiddler, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CRAB
Tags
Notes
The answer CRAB is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Complain
Cranky one
A crustacean
Fiddler, for one
Grouch
Grouchy one
A hermit is one
Horseshoe ___
Kvetch
Malcontent
Sourpuss
Cancer, zodiacally
Cancer's symbol
Certain fiddler
Disagreeable sort
Fiddler on the reef
Find fault
Grass or apple
Hermit, e.g.
Kind of apple
Kvetching sort
Peevish person
Rowing gaffe
Shore catch
Zodiac sign
Zodiac symbol
Buzzards Bay hermit
Item on a seafood menu
July zodiac figure
Kind of apple or grass
Kind of grass or apple
Taurus : Bull :: Cancer : ___
Type of apple or grass
Zodiacal constellation
Sea creature that moves sideways
Symbol for a July 4 baby
Definition
CRAB as a noun:
1. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
2. (crab, crabby person) = a quarrelsome grouch
3. (Cancer, Crab) = (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
4. (Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab) = the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
5. (crab, crabmeat) = the edible flesh of any of various crabs
6. (crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis) = infests the pubic region of the human body
7. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
CRAB as a verb:
1. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
2. scurry sideways like a crab
3. fish for crab
4. (gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler) = complain; "What was he hollering about?"