Explain
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 12 Apr 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020

Crossword Answers

4 letters

REDE
Give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

5 letters

SOLVE
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

6 letters

EXCUSE
A poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

DEFINE
Determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

7 letters

JUSTIFY
Adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"

CLARIFY
Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

EXPOUND
State; "set forth one's reasons"

CLEARUP
Become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"

8 letters

UNTANGLE
Release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

CONSTRUE
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

DESCRIBE
To give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

9 letters

INTERPRET
Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

EXPLICATE
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

TRANSLATE
Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"

ELUCIDATE
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

10 letters

ILLUSTRATE
Supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"

11 letters

ELABORATEON