Gist of the matter
Else clues• 1 No. 2, say
• 1 pencil, maybe
• Broken crayon, perhaps
• Center
• Central part
• Central point
• Core
• Core issue
• Crux
• Dull pencil point
• End of a pencil
• Essence
• Essential point
• Gist
• Gist: Colloq.
• Heart
• Heart of the matter
• Kernel
• Little outcropping
• Lump
• Nitty-gritty
• One-inch pencil, say
• Oversharpened pencil?
• Pencil end
• Pencil on its last legs
• Pencil remnant
• Pencil stump
• Pencil stump, e.g.
• Pencil, late in life
• Piece of pencil
• Quintessence
• Short pencil
• Short piece of a pencil
• Small lump
• Small piece
• Small protrusion
• Small protuberance
• Stubble component
• Stubby end
• Stunted end
• The real issue
• The skinny
• Very short pencil
• Very-much-used pencil
• Well-used pencil
• Well-worn pencil
• Worn down to the ___
• Worn end
• Worn part
• Worn-down end
• Worn-down part
• Worn-down pencil
• Worn-down piece
• 1 No. 2, say
• 1 pencil, maybe
• Broken crayon, perhaps
• Center
• Central part
• Central point
• Core
• Core issue
• Crux
• Dull pencil point
• End of a pencil
• Essence
• Essential point
• Gist
• Gist of the matter
• Gist: Colloq.
• Heart
• Heart of the matter
• Kernel
• Little outcropping
• Lump
• Nitty-gritty
• One-inch pencil, say
• Oversharpened pencil?
• Pencil end
• Pencil on its last legs
• Pencil remnant
• Pencil stump
• Pencil stump, e.g.
• Pencil, late in life
• Piece of pencil
• Quintessence
• Short pencil
• Short piece of a pencil
• Small lump
• Small piece
• Small protrusion
• Small protuberance
• Stubble component
• Stubby end
• Stunted end
• The real issue
• The skinny
• Very short pencil
• Very-much-used pencil
• Well-used pencil
• Well-worn pencil
• Worn down to the ___
• Worn end
• Worn part
• Worn-down end
• Worn-down part
• Worn-down pencil
• Worn-down piece
• The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
• A small piece
• A small lump or protuberance