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Only ten words start with ED, and two letters take most of the third box.
I takes it in four of the ten and G in three, which is seven between them. U takes two and E takes the last one.
EDICT, EDITS, EDIFY and EDGES are the entries most people would produce, with EDGED and EDGER behind them.
EDEMA, EDILE, EDUCE and EDUCT round out the page. EDUCE means to draw out and EDUCT is what gets drawn out, so the two are easy to confuse if a puzzle wants either.
E and C share the fourth box at three words each, and no letter closes more than two of the ten.
Nothing here repeats a letter, so a visible double rules the page out entirely. Confirm one box and read what remains.
It is among the most common here along with EDITS and EDIFY. All three sit in the I branch, which holds four of the ten.
Only in the last box, and EDGER sits on the same stem. That trio is the one real cluster on the page.
A Roman magistrate, more often written aedile. It is the least reachable entry here.