This explains some digital logic but does not actually explain how a CPU works.

It does not explain an XOR gate, but references them. It also does not explain flip-flops, but references them also.

There should probably be an explanation of state machines since they are usually used to control the cycles in a CPU.

The title is actually "How does a CPU works?" but other than these few things it was a good article.

I know that text messages seem more harsh than intended and do not wish to seem demeaning, but helpful.

I bought a book called "Thinking Machines" by Irving Adler in 1962 which explained the concepts in this article (except for the 74181 ALU) and the XOR and flip-flops but did not understand how a computer actually worked until many years later.