Critical point

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 2020; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• BRINK (4 uses in xd)
• JUNCTURE (3 uses in xd)
• MAKEORBREAK (2 uses in xd)
• CLIMAX (1 uses in xd)
• CROSSROADS (1 uses in xd)

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
• Central feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• High point - ACME, used 277 times
• Highest point - ACME, used 145 times
• At any point - EVER, used 139 times
• High point - APEX, used 123 times
• Highest point - APEX, used 90 times
• Main point - GIST, used 78 times

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