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Hi All!
I think I've got this but it makes no sense to me! (So much so that I daren't tell you what I think the answer is!) Help please

6d Spooner's fishin' stick for high flyers (5,4)
?A?I? C?E?

I'd just have Cabin Crew, high flyers - and I wiuld deliberately not try to parse it as I don't like Spooner clues at all!

Crabin’ (a form of fishing’) cue (a stick)

Ah ha Malone - that's what I thought too but it will plague me if I cannot work it out!
Spooner clues - does that mean spoonerism? Two words with initial letters swapped around?

Thank you Jono - I was so unconfident that crabin' might be a word that I didn't even bother to look it up!

I wondered about that one too.
Nice to see the (pedantically) correct spelling at 7a!

I’ve just been crabbing with my grandchildren. It’s a popular activity at the seaside. We caught a few but always put them back.

Nice to hear from you again, rossim. How have you been?

Crikey! You're right! I didn't think there was an alternative way of spelling it but it appears that's the norm

Hi LesleyD
Yes, it's named after a town in Belgium, but more often seen (incorrectly) with the last two letters reversed.