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Barely make do, with "by" (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eke

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">barely make do with by</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for eke that I've seen before include "Make a laborious living" , "Increase, lengthen" , "Make a living laboriously - a palindrome" , "long ago" , "Supplement" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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