Major blood vessels
The crossword clue "Major blood vessels" is answered by AORTAS, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 7 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 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Big arteries - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
- Blood component - PLASMA, used 29 times
- Blood line - ARTERY, used 23 times
- Blood bank supply - PLASMA, used 20 times
- "In Cold Blood" author - CAPOTE, used 17 times
- Bad blood - ANIMUS, used 16 times
- Bad blood - ENMITY, used 16 times
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