Clues for the word "LINE"
We've had 477 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 891 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on May 11, 2026.
Definition of line
- n. - Flax; linen.
- n. - The longer and finer fiber of flax.
- v. t. - To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
- v. t. - To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
- v. t. - To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
- v. t. - To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
- n. - A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
- n. - A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
- n. - The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
- n. - Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
- n. - A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
- n. - A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
- n. - A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
- n. - Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- n. - That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
- n. - The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
- n. - A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
- n. - Lineament; feature; figure.
- n. - A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
- n. - A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
- n. - A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
- n. - A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- n. - The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
- n. - A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
- n. - A measuring line or cord.
- n. - That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- n. - Instruction; doctrine.
- n. - The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
- n. - The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
- n. - A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
- n. - The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- n. - A trench or rampart.
- n. - Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
- n. - Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
- n. - One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- n. - A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- n. - A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
- n. - The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
- n. - The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
- n. - A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
- v. t. - To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
- v. t. - To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
- v. t. - To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
- v. t. - To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
Referring Clues
- Come-on
- "You come here often?" e.g.
- Betting odds
- Route
- Queue
- Pickup shtick?
- Field of work
- Unemployment office sight
- Help from a lifeguard
- Hot ___ (24-hour phone service, maybe)
- Result of a gas shortage
- Trade
- "What's your sign?" is one
- Bank sight
- An actor may trip over one
- Singles bar icebreaker
- ___ drive (sharply hit ball)
- Tan ___ (beachgoer's skin pattern)
- "Come here often?," e.g.
- One of five in a limerick
- Quick note
- Prompter's whisper
- Impatient person's annoyance
- Area of expertise
- Impatient person's dread
- Ancestry
- "Do you come here often?," e.g.
- "Don't I know you from somewhere?," e.g.
- Tan ___ (beachgoer's marking)
- Bank annoyance
- Propositional phrase?
- Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across
- Play bit
- See 7-Down
- See 61-Across
- Airport delay?
- Prompt delivery
- Y-axis, for one
- Singles bar delivery
- Box office sight
- Waiter's place
- Place for waiters
- Word before dance or drive
- Part of a script
- Checkout counter annoyance
- Tackles are part of it
- "Come here often?" is one
- Pickup words
- Occupation
- It may be dropped
- Dancing formation
- "Do you come here often?," for one
- Row
- Tote board info
- Palmist's concern
- Pat response
- Court divider
- Forgetful actor's request
- For example, "Come here often?"
- Script detail
- Something to hold or drop
- Odds on the game
- Pickup words, e.g.
- Botox target
- Word that can follow both the first and second words of 21- and 56-Across, and 3-, 29-, and 36-Down
- Related business products
- y = x, e.g.
- Word with party or service
- Waiter's spot
- Queue, and word that can follow both words in the answers to starred clues
- Pickup trick
- Ticket window sight
- It might initiate a pickup
- Pickup facilitator?
- Insulate
- It can be a cue, or follow one
- A straight one is the shortest distance between two points
- Bit of dialogue
- Something to wait in
- Quarterback's protection
- Dots connector
- Bit of poetry
- Place to stand and wait
- End of the ___ (last stop)
- Play excerpt
- Poem unit
- Spiel
- Part of a poem
- Toe the ___ (obey)
- Sentence in a film script
- Drop a ___ to (write)
- Pen stroke
- Policy
- It's one-dimensional
- Place to wait
- Phone ___
- Checkout-counter backup
- Limerick part
- Down the ___ (eventually)
- Conga formation
- Hard-to-swallow verbiage
- Salesman's stock
- Amusement park annoyance
- "Come here often?" e.g.
- "Don't I know you from somewhere?" e.g.
- Box office formation
- Company's wares
- "Come here often?" is one
- Sign of a hit show
- Script unit
- Box-office backup
- It may be drawn in the sand
- It is often dropped
- Something to draw or toe
- "What's My ___?" (old game show)
- "Come here often?" say
- String
- "Come here often?" e.g.
- It might be flubbed
- Finish finish?
- Couture collection
- Checkout nuisance
- Stock of goods for sale
- Indication of a hit show
- Pickup shtick
- Bit of scripting
- One is "Come here often?"
- It may be overheard in a bar
- Word with straight or crooked
- Confused actor's request
- Pedigree
- Word with dance or drive
- Bus route
- Hawser
- Railroad track
- Fishing need
- Couplet part
- Bus system
- Toe the ___ (behave oneself)
- Troop formation
- Group of bus routes
- Checkout annoyance
- People waiting
- "Come here often?", e.g.
- Subway route
- Singles bar come-on
- Word with punch or party
- Toe the ___ (be obedient)
- Sentence in a script
- Row of waiters
- Pencil mark
- Shortest distance between two points
- y = 3x + 5 representation, e.g.
- Small part of a movie script
- Wrinkle
- "What's My ___?" (old game show)
- "Come here often?" say
- After hard or head
- Bank holdup?
- Toe the ___ (obey)
- Down the ___ (eventually)
- End of the ___ (last stop)
- Drop a ___ to (write)
- Phone ___
- Forgetful actor's cry
- It may be toed
- Script segment
- Credit or agate follower
- Hustler's come on
- Box-office sight
- Party ___
- Piece in a movie script
- Finish a jacket
- "Walk the ___" (2005 biopic)
- Pickup facilitator
- Checkout headache
- Rehearsal request
- Graph element
- Script bit
- Profession
- Occupa-tion
- Fragment of dialogue
- See 84-Across
- Short note
- Protection for Tom Brady
- Short note
- One result of a gas shortage
- Fishing gear
- Box office sight, often
- Parallel, e.g.
- Reel nylon
- It may be broken on the road
- Lay it on the ___
- Limerick fifth
- Forgetful actor's word
- ___ of work
- Very short note
- Script snippet
- Contour
- Bit of a poem
- Extra desire?
- Border
- Arrange in a row
- What's my ___?
- Salesman's wares
- Merchandise division
- Cruise company
- Actor's delivery
- Pickup initiator
- Poetry unit
- Stripe
- Oft-flubbed thing
- Checkout formation
- See 53-Across
- Inspection formation
- Group of waiters?
- It's written in script?
- See 102-Across
- Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues
- Freeway strip
- Gestalt
- Group waiting to pay
- It's often long at Disneyland
- Dialogue unit
- Word with "punch" or "ticket"
- Queue (up)
- Dialogue bit
- ___ drive
- Word with head, bread, red or dead
- "Was that an earthquake or did you just rock my world?," for one
- Connector of two points
- Word with stream or head
- Script snipper
- Check-in delayer
- Singles bar conversation starter
- Brief note
- Intersection of two planes
- Business
- Steamship company
- Sort of dance
- Fishing string
- Mason-Dixon ___
- Draw the ___
- DMV staple
- Boundary mark
- Row of waiters?
- Equator, for instance
- Toe the ___ (behave)
- Country dance formation
- Poem piece
- Brief part of a poem
- It may be dotted
- Point connector
- Word with party or dedicated
- Pickup or fishing ___
- Checkout hassle
- Shoppers' headache
- Fishing cord
- ___ of scrimmage
- Bottom
- Bottom ___
- It may be toed or crossed
- One-fifth of any limerick
- Subway ___
- Checkout sight
- Unit of stage script
- Toe the ___ (do as told)
- Any clothing brand
- Ruler's product
- Ruler's creation
- Insulate, as a jacket
- Thing drawn in the sand?
- "y = 2x," e.g.
- Fashion collection
- What T.S.A. Precheck helps people avoid
- One-fifth of a limerick
- Rule
- Ticket booth sight
- Airport security holdup
- Word after finish or foul
- Assemblage of buses
- "Love your nails," e.g.
- Merchandise grouping
- See 2-Down
- Cable
- Phone wire
- Script part
- "White ___ Fever"
- Script portion
- Procession
- Succession
- Battlefront
- Draw a straight ___
- A ruler can help you draw a straight ___
- Something to stand in
- A ruler helps to draw a straight ___
- A ruler helps you draw a straight ___
- "A Chorus ___"
- What a ruler helps to make
- A ruler helps to draw one
- Thing to wait in
- Phone connection
- What can be made with a ruler
- It may be parallel [E]
- Word with drive or drawing
- Field of business
- Triumph "Lay It on the ___"
- Billy Joel "Somewhere Along the ___"
- Toto "Hold the ___"
- Jefferson Starship "Layin' It on the ___"
- Gerry Rafferty "Right Down the ___"
- Jimmy Buffett "The Last ___"
- Pearl Jam walked it on "I Got ID" chorus
- Row - occupation
- Toto "Hold the ___, love isn't always on time"
- An American queue
- Policy of alliance regularly dismissed
- Series of fifty-one points
- See 6
- Rail route used by Berliners
- Railway track
- To cast one can be a job
- See 14
- Painter, perhaps, leaves ship unfinished
- Nuisance at the bank
- Annoyance at the checkout
- Stroke a crocodile?
- See 21
- See 8
- Putting point in tale of formulaic steps by 25
- See 3
- Stock occupation
- Wrinkle in a short note
- Request to a prompter
- "I forgot what I'm supposed to say"
- Radius, e.g.
- Punch or party follower
- It may be a cue or a queue
- Bank holdup?
- Face wrinkle
- They're used to restart play when dismissive cry interrupts actor's words
- See 9 Across
- Family business
- Fib about short name, which is the rule
- Fill column
- Hierarchical system within Network Rail?
- Chinese distance, bearing and course
- See 16
- Boundary
- See 10
- Hook, ___, and sinker
- Screenplay segment
- Brief script excerpt
- Something to flub or drop
- In Berlin expect a row
- Draw a ___ in the sand
- Conversation piece
- Long narrow mark
- See 7
- "Rent" statement, say
- A cameo might have one
- Cue card contents
- Group waiting for a cashier
- Plimsoll ___, indicator of a ship's legal limit of submersion
- One of a haiku's three
- Word with "dotted"
- QB's protectors
- Soliloquy segment
- Hard, head, or hot follower
- Court boundary
- Manufacturer's assortment
- Screenplay bit
- ___
- Script fraction
- Feature of a busy amusement park
- Railroad division
- Verse part
- Wire
- Word before drive or drawing
- Reinforce
- Row of people waiting
- Triangle side, say
- Ticket booth annoyance
- Rank
- Ruler and pencil creation
- Quarterback's protectors
- Profession or procession
- Word with fishing or party
- It's a job to cover the inside
- "Dotted" contract part
- "The Thin Red ___"
- Cue card words
- Black Friday likelihood
- Synonym of the last parts of 17- and 66-Across and 10- and 30-Down
- Haiku part
- With 19-Across, Cotton-Eyed Joe, e.g.
- Post office annoyance
- File the brief communication
- No surprise to a Disney World arrival
- Bit of film dialogue
- Sales pitch
- Series of ancestors
- Angle or angler's necessity
- Convenience store inconvenience
- One in the script
- Straight thing
- See 13
- One may be dotted
- One of a limerick's five
- Theme park headache
- "I forgot what I'm supposed to say here!"
- It might be dotted
- Ticket booth hassle
- One starts at a terminal
- See 15-Down
- Word before "drive" or "dance"
- -
- Subway branch
- Class of merchandise
- One of three in a haiku
- Airport screening likelihood
- Row of a poem
- Cross the ___
- What the fisherman had left in Mile End
- One drawn in the sand
- Final financial figure ("bottom")
- It may be a cue
- Underscore
- Wait in this
- Train route
- Points connector
- "I need a cue!"
- See 17-Across
- One might form outside the bathroom
- Snippet of dialogue
- Post office hassle
- Kind of dance or drive
- What a fishing reel rolls up
- Stanza part
- Angler's dangle
- A narrow stripe that turns up in chenille
- Rope
- One-third of a 15-Across
- Theme park nuisance
- What a fishing rod rolls up
- Word after party or date
- Single-file formation
- One-dimensional drawing
- Command to a prompter
- "Whose ___ Is It Anyway?" (long-running improv show)
- One-third of a haiku
- Common theme park sight
- Gambler's point spread
- Prompter's cue
- Checkout queue
- Request from an actor
- Singles-bar patter
- Part of a drawing
- A popular nightclub might have one
- Stick figure's torso
- Something for an actor to remember
- Dash or slash
- Queue or script segment
- "I forgot what to say!"
- Wait in ___
- Shout from a forgetful actor
- Word before "dancing" or "drawing"
- Cry from a forgetful performer
- "Fold here" mark
- What to say when one doesn't know what to say?
- Actor's "What am I supposed to say?"
- "Whose ___ Is It Anyway?"
- One of 14 in a sonnet
- Request from an underprepared actor
- Tackle box item
- Don Juan's patter
- Security checkpoint formation
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - May 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 26, 2026
- Daily American - April 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 30, 2026
- New York Times - March 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2025
- Daily American - December 03, 2025
- Daily American - November 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 09, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2025
- Daily American - October 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Daily American - October 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 04, 2025
- New York Times - September 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - August 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 04, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 09, 2025
- LA Times - July 09, 2025
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