Explanation
The crossword clue "Explanation" is answered by HOW, a 3-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; 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
HOW
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOW answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- RATIONALE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOW, most used first.
- "In what way?" - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- By what means - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Question of method - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ do you do?" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- A question of method - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- "And ___!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Questioning word - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ about that!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- A question of procedure - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- In what manner - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Reporter's query - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- A question of technique - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "___ dare you!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Question of methodology - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- ___-to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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