Main highway

The answer

ARTERY

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARTERY answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ARTERY

Every other clue in this collection answered by ARTERY, most used first.

• Blood line - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Blood vessel - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Main road - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Aorta, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Major road - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Angioplasty target - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• It comes from the heart - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Blood carrier - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Main thoroughfare - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Major thoroughfare - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Highway - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Main channel - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Main conduit - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Type of blood vessel - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Line from the heart - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Major blood carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Main course - ENTREE, used 145 times
• Main dish - ENTREE, used 79 times
• Main arteries - AORTAS, used 50 times
• Highway divider - MEDIAN, used 29 times
• Main dinner course - ENTREE, used 11 times
• Highway access - ONRAMP, used 10 times

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