D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Crux

/(krŭks)/ · IPA /kɹʌks/
01 n. Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
pl. Cruxes, Cruces ((-ĕz))
  1. 1.
    Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
    “The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.” — Strauss.