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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 2-4-17 on page I-92 in "Handling theorem-like environments".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{171.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{cleveref}
\crefname{thm}{theorem}{theorems}
\crefname{lem}{lemma}{lemmas}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem} \newtheorem{lem}[thm]{Lemma}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{thm} A theorem.  \label{thm:a}\end{thm}
\begin{lem} A lemma.    \label{lem:a}\end{lem}
\begin{lem} Another one.\label{lem:b}\end{lem}
\Cref{lem:b} is used to prove \cref{thm:a}.    \\
But \cref{lem:a,lem:b} need formatting help.
\end{document}
