Start of an explanation
The crossword clue "Start of an explanation" is answered by LOOK, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LOOK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOOK answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LOOK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOOK, most used first.
- Take a gander - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Appearance - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- "Check this out!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- "Check it out!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Glance - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- "Here's the thing ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- "__, ma! No hands!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Gander - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- "Get a load of that!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- "Over there!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Take a peek - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Glimpse - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Peek - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Appear - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "Behold!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Pay attention! - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- "See for yourself!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Style - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Take a glance - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- From the start - ANEW, used 96 times
- Dynamic start - AERO, used 94 times
- Flying start? - AERO, used 89 times
- Start over - REDO, used 68 times
- Start of a play - ACTI, used 63 times
- Start the bidding - OPEN, used 61 times
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