| 100% | IWALK | 5 | Johnny Cash's "___ the Line": 2 wds. |
| 69% | IWALK | 5 | Johnny Cash's "___ the Line" |
| 64% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Joker" actor who plays country singer Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ITON | 4 | Lay ___ the line: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LAYIT | 5 | "___ on the line" (speak frankly): 2 wds. |
| 56% | ISON | 4 | "My reputation ___ the line here.": 2 wds. |
| 53% | REESE | 5 | June Carter to Joaquin's Johnny Cash, in "Walk the Line" |
| 53% | TOOFAR | 6 | "Did I cross the line?" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | PHOENIX | 7 | Actor Joaquin ___ who played Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" |
| 52% | ISAWA | 5 | Johnny Cash's "___ Man": 3 wds. |
| 52% | GERRYRAFFERTY | 13 | Yacht rock singer whose hits include "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line": 2 wds. |
| 52% | IDIOMS | 6 | "Toe the line" and "thumb a ride," for example: 2 wds. |
| 51% | NOTCOOL | 7 | "You are way over the line" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | REDEMPTIONSONG | 14 | Bob Marley tune with the line "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ITON | 4 | Lay ___ the line (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ONCUE | 5 | Acting out the line at the exact moment, that was pre-decided : 2 wds. |
| 49% | JERRYMAGUIRE | 12 | 1996 Tom Cruise film with the line "You had me at 'hello'": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LINE | 4 | Johnny Cash's first number one hit, "I Walk the ___" |
| 48% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ONELOVE | 7 | Bob Marley song with the line "Let's get together and feel all right" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEHIGHWAYMEN | 13 | "Outlaw" music supergroup that consisted of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BETTERNOW | 9 | 2018 Post Malone song with the line, "Woulda gave you anything, woulda gave you everything": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | IRA | 3 | Johnny Cash's "The Ballad of ___ Hayes" |
| 45% | THRIFTSHOP | 10 | A 2012 hit by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis which has the line "only got 20 dollars in my pocket": 2 wds |
| 45% | TYLERHILTON | 11 | "One Tree Hill" actor who played a young Elvis Presley in "Walk the Line" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___," Johnny Cash's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 44% | PAVEDWOMENSWAYTOPOLLS | 21 | Line 2 of the verse |
| 44% | THESANDLOT | 10 | Sports movie with the line "You're killing me, Smalls!" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | THESHINING | 10 | Movie with the classic line "Here's Johnny!" |