Related Clues:

• ___ out (barely get by)
• Just get (by)
• ___ out a living (barely survive)
• ___ out a living (barely get by)
• __ out: barely manage
• Live minimally
• Just make (out)
• Duke Ellington's inits.
• Clasp tightly in distress, as one's hands
• Barely manage, with ''out''
• ___ out (barely get)
• Earn laboriously (with "out")
• Accomplish by economy, with 'out'
• With 31-Across, supplement
• -- out a living .