Crux
The crossword clue "Crux" is answered by PITH, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PITH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PITH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PITH
Every other clue in this collection answered by PITH, most used first.
- Essence - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Essential part - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Core - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart of the matter - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ helmet (safari wear) - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- White part of an orange - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of helmet - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Substance - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Nitty-gritty - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Type of helmet - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Heart - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Crux - MEAT, used 20 times
- Crux - GIST, used 17 times
- Crux of the matter - GIST, used 6 times
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