Breathing apparatus
The crossword clue "Breathing apparatus" is answered by LUNG, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUNG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUNG answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 4 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.
- INHALATOR (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LUNG
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUNG, most used first.
- Breathing organ - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Breather - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
- Respiratory organ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest organ - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pulmonary organ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Breathing need - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- It's breath-taking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Breathing sound - RALE, used 29 times
- Fish's breathing organ - GILL, used 27 times
- Apparatus - GEAR, used 26 times
- Weaver's apparatus - LOOM, used 23 times
- Abnormal breathing sound - RALE, used 17 times
- Breathing space - ROOM, used 13 times
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