Phlebotomist's target

The answer

VEIN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEIN answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for VEIN

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

• Blood vessel - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Blood line - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Lode - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Blood carrier - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Artery's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ore deposit - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Shrimp discard - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Target for Dracula - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Artery's counterpart - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mood. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Ore layer - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Streak - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Blood conduit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Marble marking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Silver streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Style - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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• Massage target - ACHE, used 97 times
• Hammer's target - NAIL, used 90 times
• Air freshener target - ODOR, used 76 times
• Hammer target - NAIL, used 68 times
• Clearasil target - ACNE, used 60 times

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