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"Crux" Definition

noun

A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.
The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument.
A puzzling or difficult problem an unsolved question.
An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome.
A main or central feature (as of an argument).