The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ARTERIAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ARTERIAL
- Main channel's receiver concealing coating of rust
- Antenna limits radio telephony along major roads
- Right time to burst above the ground, like a tube
- Like major thoroughfare in which a trailer gets wrecked
- Hesitation in a complex trial of major routes
- Couple of errors in a complex trial of major routes
- A collision in trailer of vital pump supplier?
- Main article on damaged trailer
- Main antenna covering East and West Timor
- Perhaps a main road featuring in, say, movie episode after commencement
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What does ARTERIAL mean?
ARTERIAL noun- A through road.
- Of or relating to an artery.
- (of a route, road or street) Major, important.