Related Clues:

• 'It -- the best of times, ...'
• "Now where ___ I?"
• Verb in a limerick's first line
• "Here ___ nothing!"
• Functioned as
• ''As I __ saying . . .''
• Had life
• Walked the earth
• Has been
• ''What ___ up, must come down''
• Takes one's turn
• With 27 Across, excelled in
• Ain't no more
• Used to live
• ''. . . flag ___ still there''