Answer: EKED
EKED is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 126 times.
Referring Clues:
- Scraped (out)
 - Managed, with "out"
 - Stretched (out)
 - Made do
 - Squeezed (out)
 - Squeaked (out)
 - ___ out a living (scraped by)
 - Scratched (out)
 - Made (out)
 - Supplemented, with "out"
 - Squeezed
 - Barely managed, with "out"
 - __ out (barely managed)
 - Barely made, with "out"
 - ___ out (barely made)
 - Just managed, with "out"
 - Barely earned, with "out"
 - __ out (barely made)
 - ___ out (barely managed)
 - Just made, with "out"
 - ___ out (barely accomplished)
 - Stretched, with "out"
 - ___ out a living (just got by)
 - Made do, with "out"
 - ___ out a living (stretched a budget)
 - Made up for the deficiencies of, with "out"
 - Squeezed (by)
 - Barely obtained, with "out"
 - Wrung (out)
 - Barely sustained, with "out"
 - With 58-Down, stretched
 - Just barely made, with "out"
 - Only just managed, with "out"
 - __ out a living: barely got by
 - Scraped together, with "out"
 - __ out a living
 - Barely made, with ''out''
 - Supplemented, with ''out''
 - Just made (out)
 - Just got by (with ''out'')
 - Scratched (out), as a living
 - ___ out a living (barely scraped by)
 - ___ out a victory (barely won)
 - Barely managed (with ''out'')
 - Scraped by (with ''out'')
 - Just managed (with ''out'')
 - Barely made (with ''out'')
 - Barely achieved (with "out")
 - Just got by (with "out")
 - ___ out a living
 - Achieved with difficulty (with "out")
 - ___ out (barely got)
 - Attained through struggle (with "out")
 - Supplemented (with "out")
 - Barely accomplished (with "out")
 - Barely managed (with "out")
 - Barely managed (with "by")
 - Barely made (with "out")
 - Scraped (out), as a living
 - Only just managed (with "out")
 - Just barely made (with "out")
 - ___ out a living (barely got by)
 - Just managed (with "out")
 - Just got (by)
 - ___ out a victory (just barely won)
 - Barely made it (with "out")
 - Made a living, barely
 - Barely got, with "out"
 - Scraped by (with "out")
 - Barely achieved (with "out")
 - ___ out a living: barely got by
 - Just made
 - Made do (with "out")
 - ___ out (made, but barely)
 - Scraped (by)
 - Scrimped
 - ___ out a living (made do)
 - ___ out (supplemented)
 - ___ out (got by)
 - Supplemented, with 'out'
 - ___ out (managed)
 - Managed, with 'out'
 - ___ out (augmented)
 - Barely got, with 'out'
 - Barely sustained, with 'out'
 - Barely earned, with 'out'
 - Barely obtained, with 'out'
 - Was very thrifty
 - ___ out (just managed)
 - ___ out (used frugally)
 - Barely got (by)
 - Made do with little
 - Barely made, as a living (with "out")
 - Barely got by
 - Managed to squeeze out
 - Barely made, with 'out'
 - Managed with difficulty, with "out"
 - Made laboriously, with "out"
 - out (supplemented)
 - Supplemented the hard way
 - ___ out a living (got by)
 - Barely managed
 - Just squeezed by
 - Squeaked (by)
 - Produced with effort, with "out"
 - Narrowly made, with "out"
 - Struggled to make, with "out"
 - ___ out a win
 - ___ out (barely achieved)
 - ___ out an existence
 - Barely earned (with "out")
 - Barely made, with out
 - ___ out (scraped together)
 - Barely made it, with "by"
 - Managed to get, with "out"
 - Barely coped, with "out"
 - Just got by, with "out"
 - Barely got by, with "out"
 - Only just achieved, with "out"
 - ___ out (barely obtained)
 - ___ out a win (almost lost)
 - ___ out a win: almost lost
 - ___ by (just barely made it)
 - Just ___ by
 - Made (out), but barely
 - Barely achieved, with "out"
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 13, 2025
 - LA Times - September 14, 2025
 - New York Times - August 27, 2025
 - USA Today - August 20, 2025
 - LA Times - August 17, 2025
 - LA Times - July 29, 2025
 - LA Times - June 22, 2025
 - New York Times - June 11, 2025
 - New York Times - February 14, 2025
 - USA Today - January 10, 2025
 - USA Today - November 29, 2024
 - LA Times - November 02, 2024
 - New York Times - October 20, 2024
 - USA Today - August 26, 2024
 - LA Times - June 05, 2024
 - LA Times - June 03, 2024
 - New York Times - May 17, 2024
 - USA Today - March 25, 2024
 - USA Today - February 22, 2024
 - LA Times - January 07, 2024
 
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