Vessel opener
The crossword clue "Vessel opener" is answered by STENT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. 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
STENT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STENT answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by STENT, most used first.
- Surgical tube - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Artery opener - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Artery insert - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Cardiologist's insert - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tax. - used 12 times, most recently in 1983
- Arterial implant - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Artery implant - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Medical tube - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Artery insertion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Angioplasty implant - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Surgeon's insertion - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Arterial insert - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Artery-opening tube - used 6 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.
- Major blood vessel - AORTA, used 92 times
- Vital vessel - AORTA, used 42 times
- Oktoberfest vessel - STEIN, used 38 times
- Sailing vessel - SLOOP, used 36 times
- WWII vessel - UBOAT, used 29 times
- Single-masted vessel - SLOOP, used 26 times
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