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 New York Times, the Penny Press, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Sun, the USA Today, the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Times, The Mirror, The Telegraph and The Star Tribune.

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