__ out a living
The crossword clue "__ out a living" is answered by EKED, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
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EKED
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Used 29 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for EKED
Every other clue in this collection answered by EKED, most used first.
- Squeezed (out) - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Scratched (out) - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Supplemented, with "out" - used 80 times, most recently in 2016
- Barely managed, with "out" - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
- Scraped (out) - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely made, with "out" - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Just managed, with "out" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ out a living (scraped by) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Scraped (by) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
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