___ cava (major blood vessel)

The answer to “___ cava (major blood vessel)” in the New York Times crossword is VENA — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 27, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 70-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“___ cava (major blood vessel)” answer

VENA (4 letters)

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What does VENA mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of VENA is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “___ cava (major blood vessel)” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 27, 2026 (most recent) → VENA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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