Answer: EKE
EKE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 240 times.
Referring Clues:
- Supplement, with "out"
 - Manage to get, with "out"
 - Squeeze (out)
 - ___ out a living
 - Scrape (out)
 - Stretch, with "out"
 - Barely get, with "out"
 - Just make, with "out"
 - Make (out)
 - Stretch (out)
 - Barely manage, with "out"
 - Scratch (out)
 - Barely make, with "out"
 - Manage, with "out"
 - Maui's ___ Crater
 - Barely get, with “out”
 - ___ out a win
 - Laboriously make
 - Barely maintain, with "out"
 - Homophone of 7-Down
 - ___ out (just manage)
 - Just manage, with “out”
 - Make, with "out"
 - Squeeze
 - Increase, old-style
 - __ out (barely manage)
 - Pull (out), as a narrow victory
 - Scratch
 - ___ out (barely make)
 - Barely get by, with "out"
 - Barely earn, with "out"
 - Barely make (out)
 - Just manage, with "out"
 - Barely make do, with "out"
 - Stretch
 - ___ out (supplement)
 - Obtain with great effort, with "out"
 - Barely squeak by, with "out"
 - Just get by, with "out"
 - Get with difficulty
 - Just about squeeze (out)
 - Barely sustain, with "out"
 - Increase, archaically
 - Struggle to make, with "out"
 - __ out: barely obtain
 - Scratch (out), as a living
 - Barely squeeze (out)
 - __ out: barely make
 - Wring (out)
 - Repair by adding material
 - Barely obtain, with "out"
 - With 21-Down, barely sustain
 - ___ out an existence
 - Piece (out)
 - Also, archaically
 - __ out a living
 - Earn laboriously, with "out"
 - Scrape together, with "out"
 - Squeeze (out) with effort
 - Scrape by, with "out"
 - Barely make do, with ''by''
 - Supplement, with ''out''
 - Add to barely, with ''out''
 - Barely earn, with ''out''
 - Barely make, with ''out''
 - __ out a subsistence
 - Scratch (out a living)
 - Just manage (with ''out'')
 - Minimally make (with ''out'')
 - Just manage (with "out")
 - Squeeze (out), as a narrow victory
 - Supplement with difficulty
 - Barely attain
 - ___ out (make do)
 - Barely manage (with ''out'')
 - Barely obtain (with ''out'')
 - Barely achieve (with ''out'')
 - Barely get (with ''out'')
 - Barely manage (with "out")
 - Achieve with effort (with "out")
 - ___ out a living (barely scrape by)
 - Just survive (with "out")
 - Scratch (out) a living
 - Make a palindromic living?
 - Barely achieve (with "out")
 - Barely get by (with "out")
 - ___ out (barely make do)
 - Squeeze (out), as a living
 - Manage to get (with "out")
 - Barely get (with "out")
 - Scratch out a living
 - Just get by (with "out")
 - Supplement (with "out")
 - Barely make (with "out")
 - Laboriously make (with "out")
 - Make do (with "out")
 - ___ out a profit
 - Get with great effort (with "out")
 - ___ out (barely get by)
 - Just get (by)
 - ___ out a living (barely survive)
 - Make do, with "out"
 - ___ out a living (barely get by)
 - __ out: barely manage
 - Just make (out)
 - Just manage to tease (out)
 - ___ out (barely get)
 - Earn laboriously (with "out")
 - Barely get (by)
 - Accomplish by economy, with "out"
 - Narrowly make, with "out"
 - Scrape up, with "out"
 - Make last
 - Ration out
 - Barely get, with out
 - Just manage, with out
 - Barely obtain (with "out")
 - Minimally make (with "out")
 - ___ out: barely obtain
 - ___ out: barely make
 - ___ out: barely manage
 - Ellington monogram
 - Barely make do, with "by"
 - Add to barely, with "out"
 - ___ out a subsistence
 - Get (by)
 - Scrimp
 - Live minimally
 - Get by
 - Make do
 - Increase, with "out"
 - Scrimp and save
 - - out
 - Obtain the hard way, with "out"
 - Be very frugal
 - With 31-Across, supplement
 - With 17-Down, supplement
 - Supplement, with 'out'
 - ___ out (scrape by)
 - Manage, with 'out'
 - With 48-Across, supplement
 - ___ out (just get by)
 - Barely squeeze (by)
 - ___ out (scrape up)
 - Scrape together, with 'out'
 - Barely maintain (with "out")
 - Barely beat, with "by"
 - ___ out a living
 - ___ out a living (barely manage)
 - Just make it (with "out")
 - ___ out (barely earn)
 - Use sparingly
 - ___ out a win (barely beat)
 - Barely manage
 - Work hard to get, with "out"
 - ___out (supplement)
 - Monogram of Duke Ellington
 - Stretch out
 - Barely squeeze by (with "out")
 - Monogram of "The Duke" (Ellington)
 - ___ out a win (barely emerge victorious)
 - ___ by somehow
 - ___ out a living (barely manage to survive)
 - Supplement the hard way
 - Barely get, with 'out'
 - Barely obtain, with 'out'
 - Pull (out)
 - Struggle to earn, with "out"
 - out a living
 - out (barely manage)
 - out (supplement)
 - Barely making do
 - ___ out (just get)
 - ___ out (barely achieve)
 - Barely managed to get (with "out")
 - ___ out a win (just prevail)
 - ___ out a living (just manage)
 - Make up for a deficiency
 - Make bigger
 - Add to (with "out")
 - out a living (get by)
 - Scrimp and get by
 - Squeak (out)
 - Supplement
 - Squeak by
 - ___ out a living (scrape by)
 - Squeak (by)
 - Scrape (by)
 - Stretch, with 'out'
 - Just make, with 'out'
 - ___ out (barely manage)
 - ___ out a win (barely get the victory)
 - ___ out a victory
 - Barely make, as a living (with "out")
 - Barely scrape (with "out")
 - Expression of horror or disgust
 - Scratch out, as a living
 - Be economical with
 - Just ___ by: barely make it
 - Squeeze (by)
 - Duke Ellington's initials
 - ___ out a meager existence
 - Enlarge
 - Verb of frugality
 - "Duke" Ellington monogram
 - Duke Ellington's monogram
 - To augment
 - Augment or add to
 - Monogram of a musical duke
 - ___ out a living (just get by)
 - Draw (out)
 - Barely win, with "out"
 - Barely make
 - ___ out: just manage
 - Scratch (out), as a crossword answer?
 - ___ out a living (get by)
 - Manage somehow, with "out"
 - Just squeeze (out)
 - Barely scrape (by)
 - Only just get, with "out"
 - Barely squeak (out)
 - Homophone of "eek"
 - Just manage, with "by"
 - Just scrape (by)
 - ___ by (barely succeed)
 - ___ by (barely make it)
 - ___ by (barely manage)
 - ___ out a living: just get by
 - Just scrape (out)
 - ___ out a victory (win narrowly)
 - ___ out
 - ___ out a win: almost lose
 - Pull (out), as a win
 - Barely scrape (out)
 - ___ by (just make it)
 - Barely scratch (out)
 - ___ by (just manage)
 - Homophone of 65-Across
 - Narrowly get (by)
 - Homophone of 40-Down
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 26, 2025
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 - USA Today - February 04, 2025
 - New York Times - January 15, 2025
 
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