Emulate a crab
The crossword clue "Emulate a crab" is answered by SIDLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIDLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIDLE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SIDLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIDLE, most used first.
- Move like a crab - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Move furtively - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Move laterally - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Edge along - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Move obliquely - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
- Walk like a crab - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Move crabwise - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Move stealthily - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Advance furtively - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Edge - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
- Move sideways - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Crab-walk - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Move edgewise - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Act crabby? - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Move sneakily - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Emulate Cicero - ORATE, used 51 times
- Emulate Demosthenes - ORATE, used 39 times
- Emulate Lincoln - ORATE, used 18 times
- Emulate Romeo and Juliet - ELOPE, used 15 times
- Emulate Bryan - ORATE, used 14 times
- Emulate "Old Blue Eyes" - CROON, used 8 times
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