| 100% | MEA | 3 | "Drop ___ line": 2 wds. |
| 87% | NETINCOME | 9 | Bottom line: 2 wds. |
| 84% | MAILSLOT | 8 | Letter drop: 2 wds. |
| 76% | ITON | 4 | Lay ___ the line: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ETTU | 4 | Line from Caesar: 2 wds. |
| 74% | BLEWIT | 6 | Dropped the ball: 2 wds. |
| 73% | TIEUP | 5 | Monopolize, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 71% | HENRYFORD | 9 | Developer of the moving assembly line: 2 wds. |
| 71% | ETTU | 4 | "___, Brute?" (Julius Caesar line) (2 wds.) |
| 71% | ETTU | 4 | "___, Brute?" ("Julius Caesar" line) (2 wds.) |
| 71% | MYDEAR | 6 | "Frankly, ___ ..." (Rhett Butler line) (2 wds.) |
| 71% | HASA | 4 | "Every cloud ___ silver lining": 2 wds. |
| 70% | USEON | 5 | Hit with, as a pickup line: 2 wds. |
| 70% | TIEUP | 5 | Keep occupied, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ROLLSOUT | 8 | Introduces, as a new product line: 2 wds. |
| 69% | TOOFAR | 6 | "Did I cross the line?" (2 wds.) |
| 69% | AHOT | 4 | Drop like ___ potato: 2 wds. |
| 69% | HASA | 4 | "Every cloud ___ silver lining.": 2 wds. |
| 68% | APIP | 4 | "Edith, you're ___" (Archie Bunker line) (2 wds.) |
| 68% | MEAT | 4 | "You had ___ hello" ("Jerry Maguire" line) (2 wds.) |
| 68% | NOTCOOL | 7 | "You are way over the line" (2 wds.) |
| 67% | ALINE | 5 | "Drop me ___ sometime": 2 wds. |
| 66% | NEXTUP | 6 | Not being served, but first in line: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ACOW | 4 | "Don't have ___, man!" (Bart Simpson line) (2 wds.) |
| 66% | IWALK | 5 | Johnny Cash's "___ the Line": 2 wds. |
| 66% | OFA | 3 | At the drop ___ hat: 2 wds. |
| 66% | PLANB | 5 | Secondary line of attack: 2 wds. |
| 66% | XOUT | 4 | Draw crossing lines through: 2 wds. |
| 66% | NETLOSS | 7 | Bottom-line deficit: 2 wds. |
| 66% | AROW | 4 | In ___ (lined up): 2 wds. |