Unsatisfactory explanation Crossword Clue

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UNSATISFACTORY (adjective)
1. not giving satisfaction
EXPLANATION (noun)
1. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
2. the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible

More LA Times Crossword (12/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Crunk kin

5. Throw again

11. Omaha prize

14. Supportive of

15. Target of some copyright infringement lawsuits

16. Hard wood

17. Dad, in Korean

18. Jarring tonal shifts

20. Two-part bet

22. Union station?

23. __ Drafthouse Cinema: movie chain based in Austin

24. Believe

26. Generational wisdom

30. "Oh, my stars!"

31. Change places

32. Year of the Four Emperors emperor

33. Miami-__ County

34. Only city in Samoa

35. Seen

39. Self-awareness?

41. Alison Bechdel's "Fun __: A Family Tragicomic"

42. Condiment made with pickled mango

43. "Lilo & Stitch" theme

44. Shinto shrine gateway

46. "Day by Day" musical

48. Make no progress

50. Work hard

52. Can. leaders

53. Thin layer

54. "Black Beauty" novelist Sewell

55. Ten chin-ups, say

56. Throws up.

57. Minimal noise

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Down

1. Name on a JFK hotel designed by Eero Saarinen

2. Had far-reaching effects

3. Chill

4. Reference in a doctor's office

5. Teased relentlessly

6. Literary figure who embodies the values of a civilization

7. Make whole again

8. Less, in a way

9. Language known as Isan in northeastern Thailand

10. First Asian player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

11. Color of the Year company

12. Accolades for "Flow" and "The Shape of Water"

13. "Et voilà!"

19. Full of jarring tonal shifts

21. Third strike, at times

23. Singer Carter who won "American Idol" in 2024

25. Price, informally

28. Region whose name means "desert"

29. Moxie, e.g.

33. Lavish and then some

34. Subject of some air battles?

35. Without emotion

36. Start to make a call, perhaps

37. Celeb news site

38. "The Double Helix" subject

39. Pitiful cry

40. Sign me up!

41. Letters signifying encryption

45. Not serious

47. Sp. titles

49. This means __!

51. Spot for a toy

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