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Scraped (by) (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eked

'scraped by' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for eked that I've seen before include "Added to scantly" , "Made, a living say, laboriously" , "... out, made to last through frugality" , "Lengthened; supplemented" , "- - out: increased" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times and the Universal.
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