  The recently published CREX results suggest a rather peculiar picture for the
density dependence of the symmetry energy. Whereas PREX favors a large neutron
skin thickness in $^{208}$Pb, thereby suggesting a stiff equation of state,
CREX suggests instead a much softer equation of state. This discrepancy has
caused a large spur in the theoretical community since no model has been able
to simultaneously reproduce within $1\sigma$ the PREX and CREX results.
Motivated by a novel correlation between a CREX observable and a combination of
bulk symmetry energy parameters, we calibrate three new covariant energy
density functionals that reproduce binding energies and charge radii of
spherical nuclei - and also accommodate the constraints imposed by PREX and
CREX. Given that these models suggest a stiff equation of state at high
densities, predictions for neutron star properties are also discussed.
