Main artery (5)

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aorta

'main artery' is the definition.
(largest artery)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for aorta that I've seen before include "This carries blood from the heart" , "Bloody channel" , "Main artery of body" , "A rota (anag)" , "Great artery in body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Telegraph, The Sun, The Independent, the USA Today, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, the King Feature Syndicate and The Mirror.

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