Flap of tissue keeping food out of the windpipe Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Flap of tissue keeping food out of the windpipe . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EPIGLOTTIS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EPIGLOTTIS Flap of tissue keeping food out of the windpipe (10)
3% TRACHEA Windpipe (7) New York Times Oct 20, 2025
2% STEW Food out west (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 9, 2025
2% DAM Not keep current? (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 6, 2025
2% SAVES Decides to keep (5) Newsday Nov 5, 2025
2% NECROSIS Tissue death (8) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
2% UTTER Out-and-out (5) The Telegraph Quick Oct 29, 2025
2% DOGGIEDOOR Flap for Fido (10) Wall Street Journal Oct 28, 2025
2% REFRIGERATORCAR Train section that keeps foods cold (15) Newsday Oct 27, 2025
2% TPS Pranks with bath tissue, for short (3) Universal Oct 27, 2025
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