Face accommodating unusual sexual practices? Not encouraging (6)
I believe the answer is:
dismal
'sexual practices? not encouraging' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'face accommodating unusual' is the wordplay.
'face' becomes 'dial' (face of a clock).
'accommodating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'unusual' becomes 'sm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dial' placed around 'sm' is 'DISMAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dismal that I've seen before include "Miserable" , "Discouraging" , "Depressing; dreary" , "Very disappointing" , "Dull; doleful" .)