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Answer: crux


Clue Length Answer
Gist3 letterssap
  1. Definition: 1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

Gist3 lettersnub
  1. Definition: 1. a small lump or protuberance

Gist3 letterssum
  1. Definition: 1. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

Gist3 lettersnut
  1. Definition: 1. gather nuts

Gist4 lettersidea
  1. Definition: 1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

Gist4 lettersmain
  1. Definition: 1. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

Gist4 letterstext
  1. Definition: 1. the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

Gist4 letterscrux
  1. Definition: 1. the most important point

Gist4 letterscore
  1. Definition: 1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Gist4 letterssoul
  1. Definition: 1. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

Gist4 lettersquid
  1. Definition: 1. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Gist4 letterspith
  1. Definition: 1. remove the pith from (a plant)

Gist4 lettersmeat
  1. Definition: 1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Gist5 letterssense
  1. Definition: 1. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"

Gist5 lettersvalue
  1. Definition: 1. a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"

Gist5 lettersrecap
  1. Definition: 1. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Gist5 letterstenor
  1. Definition: 1. the pitch range of the highest male voice

Gist5 lettersshort
  1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

Gist5 letterstheme
  1. Definition: 1. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

Gist5 letterspoint
  1. Definition: 1. the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

Gist5 lettersstuff
  1. Definition: 1. fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

Gist5 lettersscope
  1. Definition: 1. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

Gist5 lettersforce
  1. Definition: 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

Gist6 lettersspirit
  1. Definition: 1. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

Gist6 lettersmatter
  1. Definition: 1. that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

Gist6 lettersresume
  1. Definition: 1. a summary of your academic and work history

Gist6 lettersupshot
  1. Definition: 1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

Gist6 letterskernel
  1. Definition: 1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Gist6 lettersthrust
  1. Definition: 1. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

Gist6 lettersmarrow
  1. Definition: 1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

Gist6 lettersrubric
  1. Definition: 1. directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)

Gist7 lettersrundown
  1. Definition: 1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

Gist7 lettersessence
  1. Definition: 1. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

Gist7 letterspurport
  1. Definition: 1. the intended meaning of a communication

Gist7 lettersmeaning
  1. Definition: 1. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

Gist7 letterssubject
  1. Definition: 1. (logic) the first term of a proposition

Gist7 lettersproblem
  1. Definition: 1. a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

Gist7 letterssummary
  1. Definition: 1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

Gist8 lettersrelation
  1. Definition: 1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

Gist8 lettersquestion
  1. Definition: 1. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"

Gist8 lettersmainidea

    Gist8 lettersreferent

      Gist8 lettersquiddity

        Gist8 lettersstrength
        1. Definition: 1. the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"

        Gist8 letterssumtotal

          Gist9 lettersreference
          1. Definition: 1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"

          Gist9 lettersrelevance

            Gist9 lettersprinciple
            1. Definition: 1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

            Gist9 letterssummation

              Gist9 letterssubstance
              1. Definition: 1. a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"

              Gist9 lettersundertone
              1. Definition: 1. a pale or subdued color

              Gist9 lettersaggregate
              1. Definition: 1. the whole amount

              Gist11 lettersrun-through

                Gist12 lettersquintessence
                1. Definition: 1. the most typical example or representative of a type

                Gist12 letterssine-qua-non

                  Gist12 letterssignificance
                  1. Definition: 1. the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

                  Gist13 letterssignification

                    Gist13 lettersturning-point

                      Gist14 letterssubject-matter

                        Gist14 lettersrecapitulation

                          Gist15 letterssumandsubstance


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