Related Clues:

• Was
• 'It -- the best of times, ...'
• "Now where ___ I?"
• Verb in a limerick's first line
• Functioned as
• ''As I __ saying . . .''
• Had life
• Walked the earth
• Has been
• With 27 Across, excelled in
• Ain't no more
• Used to live
• ''. . . flag ___ still there''
• Verb for a historian
• ''And the earth ___ without form''