Hook, __ and sinker

The answer

LINE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LINE answer page.

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LINE

Every other clue in this collection answered by LINE, most used first.

• Queue - used 187 times, most recently in 2026
• Script unit - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Occupation - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of dialogue - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Come-on - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Script bit - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Waiter's place - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Pickup shtick? - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Forgetful actor's request - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a script - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Come here often?" e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Part of a poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Row - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Fishing need - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Row of people waiting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Script snippet - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Short letter. - used 9 times, most recently in 1977
• Short note - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Conga formation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Place to wait - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Singles bar delivery - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Amusement park annoyance - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Betting odds - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Box office sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Bus route - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Checkout-counter backup - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Contour. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Hard-to-swallow verbiage - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Salesman's wares - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Subway route - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Ancestry - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Checkout headache - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Checkout nuisance - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Field of work - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Group of waiters - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• It may be drawn in the sand - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Rehearsal request - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Row of a poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sentence in a script - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign on the dotted __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• And others: Abbr. - ETAL, used 329 times
• __ and crafts - ARTS, used 303 times
• Black-and-white cookie - OREO, used 272 times
• Chills and fever - AGUE, used 232 times
• Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
• Ages and ages - EONS, used 203 times

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