Related Clues:

• Chief artery
• Heart hookup
• Vital channel in that road going north
• It's vital to circulation
• Heart exit
• A port not initially taking a particular sort of vessel
• Heading up towards road, mostly a main artery
• Large blood-vessel
• Those without commissions joining army on a vessel
• Body's main artery
• A nasty rat biting duck - it's drawing blood!
• Road up, mostly? Thanks - it's a main arterial route
• Our main blood vessel
• Large vessel passing through Nigeria or Tanzania
• Vessel or tankard, initially carried by ex-drinkers