Big arteries
The crossword clue "Big arteries" is answered by AORTAS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AORTAS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AORTAS answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AORTAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AORTAS, most used first.
- Main arteries - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Major blood vessels - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Blood lines - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Main lines - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Major arteries - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cardiologists' concerns - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Arterial trunks - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- They come from the heart - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart lines - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Main trunks - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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