___ out a living (making do)
The crossword clue "___ out a living (making do)" is answered by EKING, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EKING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EKING answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EKING
Every other clue in this collection answered by EKING, most used first.
- Squeezing (out) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely making (with "out") - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Barely managing, with "out" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- __ out a living - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Scratching (out) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretching (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Wipe out - ERASE, used 244 times
- Rub out - ERASE, used 217 times
- Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
- Parcel out - ALLOT, used 177 times
- Draw out - EDUCE, used 168 times
- Growing out - ENATE, used 159 times
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