| 100% | RUDE | 4 | Like being late or cutting in line |
| 60% | RUDE | 4 | Like cutting in line or interrupting |
| 53% | RUDE | 4 | Like taking up two parking spots or cutting in line |
| 50% | RUDE | 4 | Like cutting in line |
| 49% | RUDE | 4 | Like cutting in line, e.g. |
| 46% | NTH | 3 | Like the last in a line |
| 43% | SCRIPTED | 8 | Like a TV show whose lines are all written in advance |
| 42% | ENGRAVES | 8 | Cuts in lines |
| 41% | TRITE | 5 | Like the invitation line "Be there or be square" |
| 41% | NONO | 4 | Cutting in line, e.g. |
| 41% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 41% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 40% | ELTRAINS | 8 | The 3rd Avenue line was the last of them to operate in Manhattan |
| 39% | JERKS | 5 | Ones cutting in line, e.g. |
| 39% | HIGHENERGY | 10 | Like some protein-rich snacks, or what can be found in 3-, 7-, 9-, and 28-Down? |
| 39% | YEARONYEAR | 10 | Like some annual accounting comparisons, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | BAR | 3 | Musical symbol shaped like a vertical line that is used to indicate sections in music |
| 38% | MISSACUE | 8 | Be late in the theater? |
| 38% | PRESLICED | 9 | Cut in advance, like cheese |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that a melody is to be played legato or as a single phrase |
| 37% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | "Some Like It Hot" actress whose last film role was Roslyn Tabor in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TOUCH | 5 | Last model in iPod's product line |
| 36% | WAITED | 6 | Was in line |
| 36% | EXCUSES | 7 | Justifications made for being late or forgetting homework, for example |
| 36% | FORFEIT | 7 | Loss of game because team is late or short-handed |
| 36% | ELFIN | 5 | Like Will Ferrell, in the best Christmas movie |
| 36% | BAIT | 4 | Fish or cut ___ (stop being indecisive) |
| 36% | HEIR | 4 | Next in line, if you will |
| 36% | MIR | 3 | It was last inhabited in 2000 |
| 36% | NTH | 3 | Last in line, usually |