| Marble marking | Wall Street Journal | 08 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Blood-carrying tube (4) | Puzzler | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Empty-sounding vessel | The Times Cryptic | 01 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Picked up empty vessel | The Times Cryptic | 25 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Kind of blood vessel | Commuter | 08 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Vessel | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Vessel typically conveying blood towards the heart | The Times Specialist | 11 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | It leads to the heart | Universal | 31 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Something that might be removed from a shrimp |  |  | 
          
            | Marble marking | Wall Street Journal | 23 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | Puzzler Backwords | 17 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Dose of sedative infected a blood vessel (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Newsday | 14 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ore seam mentioned in vain (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Layer of ore | Newsday | 06 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | The Sun Mini | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Line in blue cheese | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | French drink blocked wide end of inner tube (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A distinctive quality, style or tendency |  |  | 
          
            | I meet little Neville giving blood |  |  | 
          
            | Artery counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit | Newsday | 11 May 2025 | 
          
            | Extremely vague impression of something running through the body |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line | New York Times | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Type of blood vessel | Newsday | 15 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Train of thought | Newsday | 03 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Self-important sounding blood vessel (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Manner; vessel | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Blood-carrying tube | Mirror Tea Time | 26 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Blood's route |  |  | 
          
            | A blood vessel whose types include pulmonary and systemic (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | Puzzler Backwords | 17 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Seam of ore | The Times Concise | 06 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Seam in the jugular? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Anatomical blue line |  |  | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | Puzzler Backwords | 29 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Blood line? |  |  | 
          
            | As an aid to circulation it sounds futile (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Lode source | Thomas Joseph | 09 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Blood-carrying tube (4) | USA Today | 29 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Ore beds |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Commuter | 21 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Vessel that conveys blood to the heart (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel with very thin walls (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Dose of sedative inflated a blood vessel (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Reportedly unproductive bodily vessel | The Times Cryptic | 04 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Vital supplier cultivated vine | Mirror Cryptic | 30 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Mirror Quick | 30 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Layer of 52 Across | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Mining quest |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | LA Times Daily | 15 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Mirror Quick | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Vital supplier cultivated vine | Mirror Cryptic | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bloodline said to be conceited (4) |  |  | 
          
            | We have inspections of the blood bank |  |  | 
          
            | Dracula to open this French wine that's spiked? |  |  | 
          
            | A tubular vessel that conveys oxygen-depleted blood to the heart (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Over tiny contents of inner tube (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Characteristic style of detective inspector |  |  | 
          
            | In botany, this is a thickened portion of a leaf, containing the vascular bundle (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | Puzzler Backwords | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Sounds like vain streak (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thin seam of mineral |  |  | 
          
            | Seam of mineral | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 26 May 2024 | 
          
            | What they put the chemoreceptive injection inside (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Type of blood vessel | Newsday | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | Love-in-idleness shows a small rib in its leaf (4) |  |  | 
          
            | It's vital for the circulation of French wine round the East (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Marble marking | Wall Street Journal | 27 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Wave intently at the vessel |  |  | 
          
            | "Thou troublest me; I am not in the ___" ("Richard III") |  |  | 
          
            | Place to take shots | New York Times | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Blood pathway | Wall Street Journal | 11 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Thin layer of a valuable metal or mineral contained in rock |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit, or a blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Love-in-idleness shows this small rib in the leaf (4) |  |  | 
          
            | An aid to circulation (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Mirror Classic | 07 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Leave intact part of a blood vessel (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Literary style | Newsday | 26 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Blood line? |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Commuter | 25 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | I've just to point and the blood runs through it |  |  | 
          
            | Vessel is worthless, they say |  |  | 
          
            | (Same) manner style |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Times Concise | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Pathway for oxygenation | New York Times | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Blood tunnel |  |  | 
          
            | Vital blue line in the body? |  |  | 
          
            | Thin line in a leaf | Puzzler Backwords | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Blue line under your skin |  |  | 
          
            | Layer of ore between layers of rock | The Guardian Quick | 15 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | By the sound of it, futile mood | The Guardian Quiptic | 31 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Bluish-green blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Blood surrounder | Family Time | 19 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Tube that is inverted in vivisection — extremely | The Guardian Cryptic | 05 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Line visible on the wrist |  |  | 
          
            | Picked up self-satisfied mood | The Guardian Quiptic | 27 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Rake ultimately into French wine and crack |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | USA Today | 21 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Times Concise | 29 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Rib of a leaf | Wall Street Journal | 30 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Miner discovery? | New York Times | 31 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Streak | The Telegraph Quick | 13 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Times Concise | 25 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Blood carrier | The Times Concise | 13 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Leaf line | Universal | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | French wine to embrace European mood | The Times Cryptic | 12 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Rock band? | Wall Street Journal | 30 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Times Concise | 28 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Temper bottled up by 'positive India' |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line | New York Times | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It encircles blood | Family Time | 26 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Thin blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Humour heartless obnoxious types | The Telegraph Toughie | 02 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Style of expression | The Washington Post | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Style of expression | LA Times Daily | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Irish Times Simplex | 08 May 2021 | 
          
            | Bodybuilder's arm feature? |  |  | 
          
            | Victor from a German bloodline | Irish Times Crosaire | 09 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Vessel above internal features |  |  | 
          
            | Blue line under the skin |  |  | 
          
            | Ore source | Newsday | 12 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Vessel the very one in Hamburg? | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Ore deposit | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Blood line | The Washington Post | 17 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Blood line | LA Times Daily | 17 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Streak? Sounds like showing off |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Artery’s counterpart | Wall Street Journal | 02 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | . Reporter's egotistical passage that's essential for circulation |  |  | 
          
            | Place for claret, French drink seen around Spain | The Telegraph Toughie | 15 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Blood conduit | The Washington Post | 22 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Blood conduit | LA Times Daily | 22 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Blood carrier | The Washington Post | 03 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Blood carrier | LA Times Daily | 03 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Useless-sounding vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Bluish-green blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Telegraph Quick | 13 May 2020 | 
          
            | Marble characteristic | The Washington Post | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Marble characteristic | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Vessel of some relative interest |  |  | 
          
            | Target for a phlebotomist | New York Times | 11 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Target for a phlebotomist |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line of margrave invalidated | The Sun Two Speed | 08 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Something exploited by extractive industries? |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf feature | Wall Street Journal | 08 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Ore deposit | Newsday | 11 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Auditor's arrogant tone |  |  | 
          
            | Dracula might attack this French wine, after swallowing tablet |  |  | 
          
            | Ore bed | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Ore bed | The Washington Post | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Bluish-green blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier | Premier Sunday | 12 May 2019 | 
          
            | Inner tube? | The Washington Post Sunday | 12 May 2019 | 
          
            | Verse given to a German tenor |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomist's target | The New Yorker | 15 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Style | The Washington Post | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Style | LA Times Daily | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Blood line of the body |  |  | 
          
            | Line on a leaf | New York Times | 21 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | In the same ___ | Universal | 09 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Blood carrier | Family Time | 21 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Blood vessel that looks blue | Universal | 09 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Leaf feature |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel that looks blue |  |  | 
          
            | In the same ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Ore bed |  |  | 
          
            | Style |  |  | 
          
            | Line on a leaf |  |  | 
          
            | Ore layer | Newsday | 09 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Empty-sounding vessel in body |  |  | 
          
            | Blood pipe |  |  | 
          
            | Source of drawn blood | USA Today | 12 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Line visible on the wrist? |  |  | 
          
            | Blood flows through it |  |  | 
          
            | Line in gorgonzola cheese | USA Today | 21 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Streak in blue cheese | USA Today | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Nice wine encapsulates European mood |  |  | 
          
            | Miner's find | New York Times | 28 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Source of drawn blood |  |  | 
          
            | Miner's find |  |  | 
          
            | Line in gorgonzola cheese |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line? |  |  | 
          
            | Source of donated blood | USA Today | 08 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Some drive into vessel | The Telegraph Toughie | 24 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Vessel that's empty picked up by mistake? |  |  | 
          
            | Streak in marble | USA Today | 23 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Is against a foreign bloodline | Irish Times Crosaire | 21 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Vessel seen in stove indoor |  |  | 
          
            | Tubular vessel some have internally |  |  | 
          
            | Blue feature of Stilton or Roquefort | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 29 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Rock fissure or minerals therein | The Times Concise | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Shrimp discard | Family Time | 14 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Sounds like 12 across is the focus of the count | Irish Times Crosaire | 17 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Times Concise | 18 May 2017 | 
          
            | Train of thought | Newsday | 12 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Discussion point | Newsday | 10 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Blue feature of Stilton or Roquefort |  |  | 
          
            | Streak in marble |  |  | 
          
            | Source of donated blood |  |  | 
          
            | Typically long vessel — see one in Hamburg |  |  | 
          
            | Typically long vessel — see one in Hamburg | The Times Cryptic | 20 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | 51-Across counterpart | USA Today | 14 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Blood line | Wall Street Journal | 25 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Vessel going through massive inspection... |  |  | 
          
            | Layer of ore | LA Times Daily | 02 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Mineral deposit | Jonesin | 20 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Marble marking | Wall Street Journal | 31 May 2016 | 
          
            | Corpuscle conduit | LA Times Daily | 06 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Blood bearer | Thomas Joseph | 11 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | The Guardian Quick | 16 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Thomas Joseph | 15 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Layer of ore |  |  | 
          
            | 51-Across counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | Atrium feeder | Wall Street Journal | 19 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Vessel with French wine passed around table finally | The Telegraph Cryptic | 04 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Aggressive interviewer displays temper |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit | Canadiana | 23 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Blood vessel | Newsday | 21 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Marble feature, sometimes | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 11 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Five-one to Germany — that shows style |  |  | 
          
            | Feature of some marble | Newsday | 15 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Tubular vessel conveying blood | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 09 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Ore layer | LA Times Daily | 13 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Artery's opposite | Newsday | 13 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Against a foreign meal for the count | Irish Times Crosaire | 28 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Atrium feeder | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 20 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Resoundingly proud streak | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Artery's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Atrium feeder |  |  | 
          
            | Atrium feeder |  |  | 
          
            | Marble feature, sometimes |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Rick Ross "In ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Ore layer |  |  | 
          
            | Feature of some marble |  |  | 
          
            | Style |  |  | 
          
            | Target for Dracula |  |  | 
          
            | Line in blue cheese |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomist's concern |  |  | 
          
            | It's often removed from shrimp |  |  | 
          
            | Coal container |  |  | 
          
            | Marble marking |  |  | 
          
            | Musical style |  |  | 
          
            | "In that ___ ..." |  |  | 
          
            | Artery's counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | Shrimp discard |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Blood mover |  |  | 
          
            | Red Cross hot line? |  |  | 
          
            | Course through the body? |  |  | 
          
            | Same musical style |  |  | 
          
            | Deposit site |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomist's target |  |  | 
          
            | Ore layer |  |  | 
          
            | Thin blue line? |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomist's target |  |  | 
          
            | Deposit site |  |  | 
          
            | User's entry point |  |  | 
          
            | Mark in marble |  |  | 
          
            | Ore source |  |  | 
          
            | Gold source |  |  | 
          
            | Ore source |  |  | 
          
            | Gold source |  |  | 
          
            | Ore source |  |  | 
          
            | Vital thin blue line |  |  | 
          
            | Mark in marble |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Ore layer |  |  | 
          
            | Vital thin blue line |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Manner, as of writing |  |  | 
          
            | Way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Marble streak |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Mine line |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Literary style |  |  | 
          
            | Train of thought |  |  | 
          
            | Vascular channel |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Target for Dracula |  |  | 
          
            | Manner, as of writing |  |  | 
          
            | Heartbound vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Silver streak, say |  |  | 
          
            | Style |  |  | 
          
            | Blood conduit |  |  | 
          
            | Thing removed from shrimp |  |  | 
          
            | Strike zone? |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Ore layer |  |  | 
          
            | Mineral layer |  |  | 
          
            | Blue cheese line |  |  | 
          
            | Manner |  |  | 
          
            | Silver streak? |  |  | 
          
            | Coal site |  |  | 
          
            | Shot's target, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf line |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Gold source |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf's rib |  |  | 
          
            | Shrimp part, sometimes |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf line |  |  | 
          
            | Mineral deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Line to the heart |  |  | 
          
            | Part of an internal network |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Shrimp discard |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Marble feature |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Way to one's heart |  |  | 
          
            | The way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Mineral source |  |  | 
          
            | Ore score |  |  | 
          
            | Coal site |  |  | 
          
            | Coal layer |  |  | 
          
            | Mother lode, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Silver streak |  |  | 
          
            | Coal layer |  |  | 
          
            | Blood's pathway |  |  | 
          
            | Topic of discussion |  |  | 
          
            | The way to a man's heart? |  |  | 
          
            | Thin blue line, say |  |  | 
          
            | Lode locale |  |  | 
          
            | It goes to the heart |  |  | 
          
            | Streak, as in marble |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Streak |  |  | 
          
            | Blood conduit |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Ore source |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | It's studied by a phlebologist |  |  | 
          
            | Lode |  |  | 
          
            | Heartbound vessel |  |  | 
          
            | The way to a man's heart |  |  | 
          
            | Coal seam |  |  | 
          
            | Blood mover |  |  | 
          
            | Streak |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf line |  |  | 
          
            | Rib of a leaf |  |  | 
          
            | Ore site |  |  | 
          
            | Target for Dracula |  |  | 
          
            | Vena cava |  |  | 
          
            | Marble streak |  |  | 
          
            | Ore site |  |  | 
          
            | Corporeal vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Lode |  |  | 
          
            | Glasgow novel:  ___ of Iron |  |  | 
          
            | French wine to embrace European mood |  |  | 
          
            | Ore score |  |  | 
          
            | Target for Dracula |  |  | 
          
            | Marble streak |  |  | 
          
            | It's often removed from shrimp |  |  | 
          
            | Style |  |  | 
          
            | Coal site |  |  | 
          
            | Blood's pathway |  |  | 
          
            | Blood line |  |  | 
          
            | Ore deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Lode |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomy target |  |  | 
          
            | Lode or dike |  |  | 
          
            | Tubular Vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Manner, as of writing |  |  | 
          
            | Marble marking |  |  | 
          
            | Blood carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Blue vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Gold source |  |  | 
          
            | Mineral bed |  |  | 
          
            | Streak |  |  | 
          
            | Mother lode |  |  | 
          
            | Mine find |  |  | 
          
            | Lode |  |  | 
          
            | Blood vessel |  |  | 
          
            | Ore carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Mood |  |  | 
          
            | Miner's discovery |  |  | 
          
            | Glasgow's "___ of Iron" |  |  | 
          
            | Ore find |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf part |  |  | 
          
            | Lode or mood |  |  | 
          
            | Deposit of minerals |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf framework |  |  | 
          
            | Coal seam |  |  | 
          
            | Coal deposit |  |  | 
          
            | Ore stratum |  |  | 
          
            | Mood. |  |  | 
          
            | Stratum. |  |  | 
          
            | Leaf rib. |  |  | 
          
            | Streak of mineral matter. |  |  | 
          
            | Mineral deposit. |  |  | 
          
            | Metal deposit. |  |  | 
          
            | Condition or mood. |  |  | 
          
            | Seam. |  |  | 
          
            | Streak in wood. |  |  | 
          
            | Streak. |  |  | 
          
            | Lode. |  |  | 
          
            | Marble streak. |  |  | 
          
            | Streak, as in marble. |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebotomist's target |  |  | 
          
            | Marking in marble |  |  | 
          
            | Branching rib of a leaf. |  |  | 
          
            | Phlebologist's study |  |  |