| Work hard to get, with "out" | 38 |
| Supplement, with ''out'' | 40 |
| Supplement with effort | 22 |
| Stretch out, as money or food | 29 |
| Stretch (with "out") | 30 |
| Stretch (out) meagerly | 22 |
| Squeeze, with "out" | 29 |
| Squeeze by, with "out" | 32 |
| Squeeze (out), as a win | 23 |
| Squeeze (out) with effort | 25 |
| Sneak (out) | 11 |
| Skimp, with "out" | 27 |
| Scrimp and save | 15 |
| Scratch out, as a living | 24 |
| Scratch (out a living) | 22 |
| Scrape out a living | 19 |
| Repair by adding material | 25 |
| Pull (out), as a narrow victory | 31 |
| out (supplement) | 16 |
| out (barely manage) | 19 |
| Obtain with great effort, with "out" | 46 |
| Obtain the hard way, with "out" | 41 |
| Narrowly make, with "out" | 35 |
| Musical Duke's monogram | 27 |
| Monogram of the "Mood Indigo" man | 43 |
| Monogram of music's Duke | 28 |
| Monogram of a Duke | 18 |
| Monogram of "The Duke" (Ellington) | 44 |
| Monogram for music's Duke | 29 |
| Minimally make (with "out") | 37 |
| Meagerly maintain, with "out" | 39 |
| Maui's ___ Crater | 21 |
| Maui crater | 11 |
| Manage, with ''out'' | 36 |
| Manage to get, with "out" | 35 |
| Make, with "out" | 26 |
| Make out, barely | 16 |
| Make ends meet, with "out" | 36 |
| Live paycheck to paycheck (with "out") | 48 |
| Live paycheck to paycheck (with "out") | 49 |
| Live minimally | 14 |
| Laboriously make | 16 |
| Just manage, with “out” | 31 |
| Just manage to tease (out) | 26 |
| Just make it (with "out") | 35 |
| Just make (out) | 15 |
| Just get by (with "out") | 34 |
| Just get (by) | 13 |
| Just barely achieve, with "out" | 41 |
| Increase, with "out" | 30 |
| Increase, old-style | 19 |
| Increase, archaically | 21 |
| Get with great effort (with "out") | 44 |
| Get by, with "out" | 28 |
| Get by with out | 16 |
| Get (by) | 8 |
| Gain laboriously | 16 |
| Ellington's monogram | 24 |
| Ellington monogram | 18 |
| Earn laboriously (with "out") | 39 |
| Duke's monogram | 19 |
| Duke Ellington's inits. | 27 |
| Crater on Maui | 14 |
| Barely squeeze by, with "out" | 39 |
| Barely squeeze by (with "out") | 40 |
| Barely squeeze by (with ''out'') | 48 |
| Barely squeeze (by) | 19 |
| Barely squeak by, with "out" | 38 |
| Barely obtain, with 'out' | 33 |
| Barely obtain (with ''out'') | 44 |
| Barely make out | 15 |
| Barely make do, with "out" | 36 |
| Barely make do, with ''by'' | 43 |
| Barely make do | 14 |
| Barely make (with ''out'') | 42 |
| Barely make (out) | 17 |
| Barely maintain, with "out" | 37 |
| Barely get, with “out” | 30 |
| Barely get, with 'out' | 30 |
| Barely earn, with ''out'' | 41 |
| Barely beat, with "by" | 32 |
| Barely attain | 13 |
| Barely achieve, with "out" | 36 |
| Augment, with "out" | 29 |
| Also, to Chaucer | 16 |
| Also, old style | 15 |
| Also, archaically | 17 |
| Add to barely, with ''out'' | 43 |
| Achieve with effort (with "out") | 42 |
| Accomplish by economy, with "out" | 43 |
| --- out a living (barely manage) | 32 |
| --- out (make do) | 17 |
| -- out (scrape up) | 18 |
| -- out (barely earn) | 20 |
| _____ out (just manage) | 23 |
| _____ out (add to) | 18 |
| ____ out: supplement | 20 |
| ____ out: strain | 16 |
| ____ out: manage with difficulty | 32 |
| ____ out; barely manage | 23 |