Clues for the word "EKE"
We've had 271 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1552 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 06, 2025.
Definition of eke
- v. t. - To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
- adv. - In addition; also; likewise.
- n. - An addition.
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
- Barely make
- ___ out
- Mete out
- Add to
- Barely earn
- Increase
- Barely make it
- Get by, barely
- Survive, with "out"
- ___ out (just squeeze by)
- Duke Ellington's inits.
- Barely make it (with "out")
- Barely maintain (with "ut"
- Manage (a living)
- ___ out a living (just get by)
- Barely ___ out a living
- Barely achieve
- Part of the Weekend supplement?
- Homophone of 37-Across
- Make last, ___ out
- Scrape by, ___ out a living
- Supplement, ___ out
- Just manage, ___ out a living
- Use frugally, ___ out
- ___ out a meager existence (barely survive)
- Verb of frugality
- ___ out a victory (win narrowly)
- ___ out a win (barely be victorious)
- ___ out a win (have a narrow victory)
- "Duke" Ellington monogram
- ___ out a living (barely make it)
- Make to last less than a weekend
- Augment or add to
- Gain with effort
- Draw (out)
- Barely win, with "out"
- ___ out a meager living
- Barely make it (by)
- Homophone of a certain scream
- With 73-Across, scrape together
- Spin out part of the weekend
- 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"
- ___ by (barely succeed)
- ___ by (barely make it)
- ___ by (barely manage)
- Just scrape (by)
- - out a living
- ___ out (barely attain)
- Squeeze out an existence and rhyme with "leak"
- Just scrape (out)
- ___ out a win: almost lose
- Pull (out), as a win
- Barely scrape (out)
- - out (scrape by)
- ___ by (just make it)
- Barely scratch (out)
- ___ out a victory (barely win)
- ___ by (just manage)
- Narrowly get (by)
- What the job seeker has to `ispin out^i
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- LA Times - December 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2025
- LA Times - November 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 23, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2025
- Daily American - November 15, 2025
- LA Times - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 09, 2025
- New York Times - November 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2025
- New York Times - September 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2025
- LA Times - September 09, 2025
- LA Times - September 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 03, 2025
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