Bottom lines?
The crossword clue "Bottom lines?" is answered by HEMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEMS answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- NETPROFITS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEMS, most used first.
- Skirt edges - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Clothes lines - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Garment edges - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Does some tailoring - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Skirt bottoms - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Skirt borders - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Fashion lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Garment borders - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Skirt lines - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and haws - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dress edges - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Clothing lines - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Borders. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Edges. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Sewer lines? - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Sewn edges - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- They're tailor-made - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Dress lines - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hesitates - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- __ in (surrounds) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shortens a skirt, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Curved lines - ARCS, used 107 times
- Shoe bottom - SOLE, used 94 times
- Boot bottom - SOLE, used 62 times
- Story lines - ARCS, used 36 times
- Bottom of a shoe - SOLE, used 35 times
- Graph lines - AXES, used 28 times
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