| 1. | "The crux of the matter would appear to be, sir, that Mr. - from My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse |
| 2. | For 'geworhte,' the crux of this passage, B. - from Beowulf by |
| 3. | little lower down.--_One crux is to find out _whose head_ is mean. - from Beowulf by |
| 4. | Martin, the eleventh general of the Carthusians, gave to his order this device Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |