Crux
The crossword clue "Crux" is answered by NUB, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NUB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUB answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUB, most used first.
- Gist - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Essence - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Worn-down pencil - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Central point - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Pencil stump - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Well-used pencil - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-worn pencil - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Heart of the matter - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Small lump - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Small protuberance - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Core - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Very short pencil - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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