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• Crucial factor is a short letter found under the bed
• One embracing an argumentative settler
• The basic reality of a situation
• Fundamental aspect of a situation
• Decisive argument
• Essential point (for an accountant?)
• Balance sheet figure
• It's all riding on this cold row around Church ringleader
• Fundamental factor
• A few mechanical words the deciding factor
• Profit or loss made by weaver with particular product?
• Argument-settling fact
• "Sweet hay hath no fellow": a decisive factor
• Ultimate criterion that's read before turning over a new leaf
• Deciding factor in location of this answer