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Crossword Answer For

"Please explain"

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword January 8, 2026 Answers

Spotted in the LA Times Daily Crossword crossword on January 8, 2026, the clue ""Please explain"" has 113 possible answers in our records. Our top pick is HOW (3 letters) — it matches with 99% certainty. This score reflects how consistently this answer appears across different crossword puzzles for the same clue.

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113 Other Potential Answers

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HOW
"Please explain"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
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HOWSO
"Please explain?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2025
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WHY
"Please explain"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2024
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PRAYTELL
“Please explain”
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 4, 2023
8%
IGETIT
"No need to explain"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 18, 2026
8%
POR
__ favor: "please," in Spanish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
8%
NEWTONSLATTE
"A light coffee, and do not drop it, please" request?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 21, 2026
8%
BOYLESLAGER
"A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 21, 2026
8%
BEADOLL
"Help me, please ..."
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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IMBEINGYOU
*"Pretty, pretty please!"
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
8%
HERESWHY
"Let me explain ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
8%
MRS
"God bless you, please, __ Robinson"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 17, 2026
8%
BEERME
"Another brewski, please!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
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WHATISTHIS
"Care to explain?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
8%
PANDER
Insincerely aim to please
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
8%
FANSERVICE
Material added to please devoted readers, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
8%
IAMSOLOST
"You'll have to explain that again"
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
8%
HEARMEOUT
"I can explain"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
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YOUSEE
"Let me explain ..."
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2025
8%
MAKEGOODCHOICES
"Stay safe, please!"
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
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CANI
"Pretty please?"
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
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BEGS
Says "Pretty please," say
Universal Crossword · Aug 24, 2025
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PICKY
Hard to please
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 11, 2025
8%
INEEDARIDE
"Pick me up, please!"
Universal Crossword · Jun 16, 2025
8%
WHATGIVES
"Can you explain yourself?"
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
8%
ANYADVICE
"Can you please help?" (... letters 5-3)
Universal Crossword · Jun 13, 2025
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AIMTO
"We __ please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
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IBEGYOU
"Pretty, pretty please?!"
Universal Crossword · May 30, 2025
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SHH
"Quiet, please!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2025
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AHEM
[Your attention, please!]
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2025
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NOTCH
"Take it down a __, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2025
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HELPMEOUT
"A little support, please!"
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2025
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AIM
"We __ to please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 10, 2025
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HEY
"Attention, please!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 4, 2025
8%
MAYISEE
"Can you please show me?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 20, 2025
8%
CANWE
"Would you please let us?"
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2025
8%
ASKNICELY
"Use respectful language, please"
Universal Crossword · Dec 15, 2024
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HUMORME
"Just play along, please"
Universal Crossword · Oct 8, 2024
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LIFELESSON
"You can't please everyone," for one
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 19, 2024
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ODDER
Harder to explain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2024
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OHOH
“Call on me, please!”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Aug 7, 2024
8%
MAKEITNEAT
"Straight up, please," to match 17-, 25-, 37-, and 51-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2024
8%
ENDROADWORK
"Can we please banish traveling salespeople already!?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2024
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YOUARE
"Name please?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2024
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YOUWOULDNTGETIT
"That's too complicated to explain"
Universal Crossword · Jun 2, 2024
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MAYI
"Pretty please?"
Universal Crossword · May 21, 2024
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AIMSTO
___ please (does one's best)
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2024
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HITME
"Another card, please"
Universal Crossword · Feb 27, 2024
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MEOW
"I would like some more catnip, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2024
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ITSAWHOLETHING
"Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2024
8%
INEEDAHAND
"Little help, please!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2023
8%
YESISEE
"No need to explain further"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2023
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DEEPSIGH
[I have to explain this again?]
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2023
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THETHINGIS
"Let me explain this ..."
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2023
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BEG
Say "pretty please," say
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2023
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GOON
"Continue, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 23, 2022
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ORIGINSTORY
Narrative that may explain how a villain turned evil, or what's found at the start of 17-, 23-, 38- or 51-Across
Universal Crossword · Oct 10, 2022
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SOONER
"__ rather than later, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 29, 2022
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ASIF
"Oh, please!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2022
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LOOKIGETIT
"Really no need to explain further"
Universal Crossword · May 14, 2022
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PREGO
Sauce whose name means "please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2021
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IMEAN
"Let me explain ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2021
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OOHOOH
"Please, please call on me!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2021
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CANTI
"C'mon, please?"
Universal Crossword · Jan 31, 2021
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TMI
Texter's "No more details, please!"
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2021
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ICANTHEARYOU
"Louder, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2020
8%
SHEDSOMELIGHT
Help explain, with "on"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2020
8%
PARTICULAR
Hard to please
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2020
8%
HOLDTHELIME
"No juice in my mojito, please"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2020
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ICAN
"__ explain!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2020
8%
CATER
Seek to please, with "to"
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2020
8%
TATS
Pics you might explain
Universal Crossword · May 20, 2020
8%
DEALIO
“What’s the —?” (“Care to explain that?,” slangily)
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 12, 2020
8%
GOA
"__ little faster, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2019
8%
IMSET
"No more, please"
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2019
8%
WILLYOU
"Pretty please?"
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 13, 2019
8%
BEEIME
"Cold one over here, please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 24, 2019
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ONE
"__, please": box office request from a single patron
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 11, 2019
8%
BITTE
Potsdam "please"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2019
8%
ASK
Say "pretty please," say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 6, 2018
8%
KEEPTHEPEAS
"No legumes for me, please"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2018
8%
AIMEDTO
— please (did one's best)
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 22, 2018
8%
APAL
"C'mon, be __!": "Little help, please!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 19, 2018
1%
SMUG
Too pleased with oneself
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2026
1%
VOX
Media site that publishes "explainers"
Universal Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
1%
ISEE
"That explains it"
Universal Crossword · May 5, 2025
1%
SALESREP
Person pleased to take orders
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 20, 2025
1%
ITSABOY
Announcement that explains the surprise arrival to every starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2024
1%
UFO
Phenomenon that may be explained by NASA
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 13, 2024
1%
SPAREME
“Don’t bother explaining!”
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Sep 26, 2024
1%
ILIKE
“This pleases me!”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Aug 25, 2024
1%
TOUGHCROW
*Difficult-to-please audience (... the missing letter in this answer)
Universal Crossword · Jul 30, 2024
1%
MAD
Far from pleased
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2023
1%
YES
People pleaser's word
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2023
1%
CHUFFED
Quite pleased, in British slang
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2023
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SORE
Hardly pleased
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 21, 2023
1%
NOWONDER
"That explains everything"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 26, 2022
1%
ITFITS
Clothing buyer's pleased words
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2022
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MIFFED
Less than pleased
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2021
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PICKYEATER
Hard-to-please dinner guest
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2021
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GLADDER
Comparatively pleased
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2021
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IRES
More than displeases
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 28, 2021
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SCOWLS
Displeased looks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 24, 2021
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HATERS
Critics who can't be pleased
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 19, 2021
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CROSS
Not pleased
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2021
1%
FUSSPOT
Hard-to-please sort
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 31, 2020
1%
STIRS
Displeases James Bond, at the bar?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 5, 2020
1%
SPLITENDS
Hair condition that explains how the starred answers break up?
Universal Crossword · Sep 24, 2020
1%
ANGRY
Not at all pleased
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2020
1%
SCOWL
Displeased look
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 18, 2019
1%
POUT
Displeased look
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 29, 2019
1%
META
Like a footnote that explains footnotes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2019
1%
VIBE
Hard-to-explain feeling
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2018

Clues for LA Times Daily Crossword on January 8, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does ""Please explain"" have?
We found 4 exact solutions and 113 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is HOW (3 letters).
What is the best answer for ""Please explain""?
The best answer for ""Please explain"" is HOW with 3 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions. Other exact solutions include HOWSO (5 letters), WHY (3 letters), PRAYTELL (8 letters).
Where has ""Please explain"" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 8 times in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword, Eugene Sheffer Crossword, Thomas Joseph Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on January 8, 2026.
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