Answer: ekes

AnswerCrossword Clue
EKES

Scratches (out)

EKES

Squeezes (out)

EKES

... out (supplements)

EKES
Barely manages
EKES
Economizes
EKESMakes last
EKESStretches out
EKESSupplements
EKESWith "out": makes do
EKESGets with great effort
EKESSqueezes by (with "out")
EKESStretches
EKESStretches, barely
EKESProlongs, in old-fashioned usage
EKES... out (barely gets)
EKESStretches (out)
EKESSupplements, with "out"
EKESJust gets by (with "out")
EKES.. out (just manages)
EKESSqueezes (with "out")
EKESMeagerly manages
EKESJust scrapes
EKESManages, with "out"
EKESLengthens, old-style
EKESBarely squeezes
EKESBarely scrapes
EKES.. out a living (gets by)
EKESJust gets by
EKESScrapes (by)
EKESLaboriously maintains, with "out"
EKESBarely achieves, with "out"
EKESBarely makes, with "out"
EKESBarely manages, with "out"
EKESJust manages, with "out"
EKESMarginally makes, with "out"
EKES... out a living
EKES... out: barely makes
EKESScrapes together, with "out"
EKES.. out: barely makes
EKES... out a living: makes do