| ___ En Lai | 10 |
| ___ empty stomach | 17 |
| ___ emptor | 10 |
| ___ Empire, in NW U.S. | 22 |
| ___ Empire, conquered by Cortés | 34 |
| ___ Empire (bygone domain) | 26 |
| ___ Empire (1299-1923) | 22 |
| ___ Empire | 10 |
| ___ Emperor (Taoism figure) | 27 |
| ___ emma (before noon, to British signalmen) | 44 |
| ___ emma (before noon) | 22 |
| ___ emma (before noon in England) | 33 |
| ___ emma (A.M. in England) | 26 |
| ___ Emblem (2002 Kentucky Derby winner) | 39 |
| ___ embarrassment (be mortified) | 32 |
| ___ Elvsted (“Hedda Gabler” character) | 46 |
| ___ Elum, town in Wash. | 23 |
| ___ Elum, city in Washington | 28 |
| ___ Elum, city in Wash. | 23 |
| ___ Elum Lake, Wash. | 20 |
| ___ Elton John | 14 |
| ___ Eloquent (J. Q. Adams sobriquet) | 36 |
| ___ Elliot, heroine of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" | 63 |
| ___ Elevator Company | 20 |
| ___ elephant (part of a tot's lesson) | 41 |
| ___ elephant (alphabet book page) | 33 |
| ___ elephant | 12 |
| ___ element (doing what you enjoy) | 34 |
| ___ eleison ("Lord, have mercy") | 42 |
| ___ eleison | 11 |
| ___ Electric Co. | 16 |
| ___ Eleanor Roosevelt | 21 |
| ___ elbows with | 15 |
| ___ elbows (mingle) | 19 |
| ___ el-Azraq (Blue Nile) | 24 |
| ___ el-Azraq (African river) | 28 |
| ___ el Beida (Casablanca, to its natives) | 41 |
| ___ el Azraq (Blue Nile) | 24 |
| ___ el Amarna, Egyptian excavation site | 39 |
| ___ el Amarna, Egypt | 20 |
| ___ ejemplo | 11 |
| ___ Eisley (cantina site on Tatooine) | 37 |
| ___ Eisenhower | 14 |
| ___ Eireann | 11 |
| ___ Eightball (Emily Flake comic) | 33 |
| ___ eight (pesos) | 17 |
| ___ Eight (March Madness round) | 31 |
| ___ Eight | 9 |
| ___ ego | 7 |
| ___ eggs (jewelry made for the Romanovs) | 40 |
| ___ eggs | 8 |
| ___ Egg, "Gatsby" locale | 34 |
| ___ egg (retirement funds) | 26 |
| ___ egg (flop) | 14 |
| ___ egg (bomb) | 14 |
| ___ egg | 7 |
| ___ Egadi (islands off Sicilia) | 31 |
| ___ effort (award for trying hard) | 34 |
| ___ effort | 10 |
| ___ effect (atmospheric heating phenomenon) | 43 |
| ___ effect (1883 physics discovery) | 35 |
| ___ eel | 7 |
| ___ education (college and beyond) | 34 |
| ___ education | 13 |
| ___ Edibles (food shop on "The Facts of Life") | 56 |
| ___ edge (countertop option) | 28 |
| ___ ed. (H.S. course) | 21 |
| ___ ed. (gym class) | 19 |
| ___ Ed. | 7 |
| ___ ed class | 12 |
| ___ ed (gym class) | 18 |
| ___ Ed | 6 |
| ___ economics | 13 |
| ___ eclipse | 11 |
| ___ ecclesiasticae (church matters) | 35 |
| ___ Eban of Israel | 18 |
| ___ eater | 9 |
| ___ eaten | 9 |
| ___ easy (eggs order) | 21 |
| ___ easy | 8 |
| ___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" | 55 |
| ___ East | 8 |
| ___ ease (uncomfortable) | 24 |
| ___ ease (restless) | 19 |
| ___ ease (relieve one's mind) | 33 |
| ___ ease (relax someone) | 24 |
| ___ ease (nervous) | 18 |
| ___ ease (edgy) | 15 |
| ___ ease (anxious) | 18 |
| ___ ease | 8 |
| ___ earth (track down) | 22 |
| ___ Earth | 9 |
| ___ earnings (phrase used when comparing a current and upcoming paycheck) | 73 |
| ___ Early, C.S.A. general | 25 |
| ___ early age | 13 |
| ___ ear and out the other | 25 |
| ___ ear and out . . . | 21 |
| ___ ear and . . . (unconcerned) | 31 |
| ___ ear and . . . | 17 |
| ___ ear . . . | 13 |