Central feature
The crossword clue "Central feature" is answered by CRUX, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRUX
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRUX answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CRUX
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRUX, most used first.
- Pivotal point - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart of the matter - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Main point - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Essential point - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Essence - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Central point - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Decisive point - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Key point - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gist - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Critical point - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Goblet feature - STEM, used 116 times
- Central points - FOCI, used 88 times
- Skirt feature - SLIT, used 82 times
- Fork feature - TINE, used 72 times
- Roller coaster feature - LOOP, used 69 times
- Fedora feature - BRIM, used 61 times
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