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Scratched (out) (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eked

'scratched out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

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

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate and The Washington Post.
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