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OP crux - a word I haven't seen for quite a while.
crux [krʌks]
noun
(plural: cruxes, cruces ['kru¢°si¢°z])
1 a vital or decisive stage, point, etc. (often in the phrase the crux of the matter)
2 a baffling problem or difficulty
3 (Mountaineering) the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch
4 a rare word for: cross
[ETYMOLOGY: 18th Century: from Latin: cross]
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