He hesitated a beat before plunging on to the real crux of his complaint.

Then came the real crux of the matter, which was the new requirement to qualify for a vote.

And there, Shawn realized, must lie the real crux of the matter.

And that was the real crux of the matter.

Which leads me to the real crux of this question.

The real crux of the matter was finding out why her daughter felt the need to take drugs.

This is the real crux of the problem.

But the real crux of all his scheme was the place that he worked.

But that was the real crux of the matter, when she came right down to it.

That, it seemed to him, was the real crux of the matter.