| ___ Fail (Irish stone) | 22 |
| ___ Fail (coronation stone) | 27 |
| ___ fail (big thumbs-down) | 26 |
| ___ fail (big blunder) | 22 |
| ___ fagioli (Neapolitan dish) | 29 |
| ___ facie (at first sight) | 26 |
| ___ facias (legal writ) | 23 |
| ___ facias (judicial writ) | 26 |
| ___ Fabi of auto racing | 23 |
| ___ eyes to (condones) | 22 |
| ___ eyed (staring wildly) | 25 |
| ___ eye for (discerns) | 22 |
| ___ Express (intl. shipper) | 27 |
| ___ Explorer (Web browser) | 26 |
| ___ expense (go all out) | 24 |
| ___ expected (predictably) | 26 |
| ___ excess (put on pounds) | 26 |
| ___ example (show the way) | 26 |
| ___ example (be a role model) | 29 |
| ___ example (be a model) | 24 |
| ___ event (regardless) | 22 |
| ___ even playing field | 22 |
| ___ even keel (steady) | 22 |
| ___ Evans (Chubby Checker) | 26 |
| ___ et veritas (Yale motto) | 27 |
| ___ et quarante (card game) | 27 |
| ___ et orbi (to everyone) | 25 |
| ___ et noir (gambling game) | 27 |
| ___ et Chandon (Champagne) | 26 |
| ___ Esther (Biblical fast) | 26 |
| ___ esprit (witty person) | 25 |
| ___ esprit (witty one) | 22 |
| ___ es Salaam, Tanzania | 23 |
| ___ entendu (of course) | 23 |
| ___ Enlai (Chinese premier) | 27 |
| ___ English Bulldogge (breed) | 29 |
| ___ Energy (Red Bull rival) | 27 |
| ___ end (very last part) | 24 |
| ___ En-lai (Chinese premier) | 28 |
| ___ en scene (stage setting) | 28 |
| ___ en point (heraldry term) | 28 |
| ___ en point (heraldic term) | 28 |
| ___ en masse (instant army) | 27 |
| ___ Empire, in NW U.S. | 22 |
| ___ Empire (bygone domain) | 26 |
| ___ Empire (1299-1923) | 22 |
| ___ Emperor (Taoism figure) | 27 |
| ___ emma (before noon) | 22 |
| ___ emma (A.M. in England) | 26 |
| ___ Elum, town in Wash. | 23 |
| ___ Elum, city in Washington | 28 |
| ___ Elum, city in Wash. | 23 |
| ___ el-Azraq (Blue Nile) | 24 |
| ___ el-Azraq (African river) | 28 |
| ___ el Azraq (Blue Nile) | 24 |
| ___ egg (retirement funds) | 26 |
| ___ edge (countertop option) | 28 |
| ___ ease (uncomfortable) | 24 |
| ___ ease (relax someone) | 24 |
| ___ earth (track down) | 22 |
| ___ Early, C.S.A. general | 25 |
| ___ ear and out the other | 25 |
| ___ E. Coyote of cartoons | 25 |
| ___ e sempre (Italian motto) | 28 |
| ___ e bisi, Venetian dish | 25 |
| ___ e bisi, Italian dish | 24 |
| ___ Dykstra, former Met | 23 |
| ___ dyed (did a coloring job) | 29 |
| ___ dye (chemical coloring) | 27 |
| ___ Dutch (clothing company) | 28 |
| ___ dust (so-o-o boring) | 24 |
| ___ Duren, former pitcher | 25 |
| ___ Dunkers (oblong cookies) | 28 |
| ___ Duke (tobacco magnate) | 26 |
| ___ duck (restaurant dish) | 26 |
| ___ duck (reelection loser) | 27 |
| ___ duck (Chinese dish) | 23 |
| ___ du ventre (belly dance) | 27 |
| ___ du Vent (the Windwards) | 27 |
| ___ du Salut (Safety Islands) | 29 |
| ___ du Sahel, town in Mali | 26 |
| ___ du pays (homesickness) | 26 |
| ___ du Nord, Parisian depot | 27 |
| ___ du Nord, depot in Paris | 27 |
| ___ du jour (bistro special) | 28 |
| ___ du Flambeau, Wisc. | 22 |
| ___ dry eye in the house | 24 |
| ___ drug (infection fighter) | 28 |
| ___ driver (wrestling move) | 27 |
| ___ Drive, near Salerno | 23 |
| ___ Driftwood (Groucho role) | 28 |
| ___ dragon (large lizard) | 25 |
| ___ dozen (bakery order) | 24 |
| ___ Downs (English racetrack) | 29 |
| ___ Downs (Derby site) | 22 |
| ___ down one's throat | 25 |
| ___ down on (get tough) | 23 |
| ___ down (takes notes) | 22 |
| ___ down (soft-pedaled) | 23 |
| ___ down (sheds weight) | 23 |