Vital artery
The crossword clue "Vital artery" is answered by AORTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 48 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AORTA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AORTA answer page.
Used 48 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CAROTID (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for AORTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by AORTA, most used first.
- Main artery - used 220 times, most recently in 2026
- Major artery - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- It comes from the heart - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Blood line - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Major blood vessel - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart line - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Artery - used 54 times, most recently in 2006
- Main line - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Vital vessel - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Largest artery - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Large artery - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Blood carrier - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart outlet - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Line from the heart - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cardiologist's concern - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
- Arterial trunk - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
- Major vessel - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Main blood vessel - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Vital sign - PULSE, used 31 times
- Artery opener - STENT, used 30 times
- Artery insert - STENT, used 21 times
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