Answer: SPEC
SPEC is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 261 times.
Referring Clues:
- Work detail, for short
 - Blueprint item
 - On ___ (without commitment)
 - On ___ (like much freelance work)
 - On ___ (without assurance of payment)
 - Small detail?
 - Some writers work on it
 - An article might be written on it
 - Not guaranteed, after "on"
 - On ___ (without a contract)
 - Particular, for short
 - Job detail, briefly
 - On ___ (like some jobs)
 - Kind of sheet
 - Some work may be done on it
 - Planning detail
 - An article may be written on it
 - Not assigned, after "on"
 - Work detail
 - Contractor's detail, for short
 - Detail in a builder's plan
 - Blueprint detail
 - Design detail
 - Blueprint detail, briefly
 - Some houses are built on it
 - Project particular
 - A writer may work on it
 - ___ sheet
 - Project detail, for short
 - Something risky to work on
 - Mil. designation
 - Engineering detail
 - You might not get paid while working on it
 - Particular
 - You may work on it
 - On ___ (as a gamble)
 - On ___ (without assurance)
 - Risky stock trading, for short
 - Some builders build on it
 - Risky business
 - On ___ (in hopes of a sale)
 - What an article may be written on
 - Risky business, briefly
 - Design detail, briefly
 - Risky business, in brief
 - Detailed description, for short
 - Design criterion, briefly
 - On ___ (without a buyer)
 - Blueprint item, briefly
 - Many writers work on it
 - What some writers work on
 - On ___ (with no contract)
 - Something to build a house on?
 - Project info
 - Blueprint detail, for short
 - Project detail
 - Something risky to build on
 - Job detail, for short
 - Designer's detail, briefly
 - On ___ (how some things are built)
 - Writers often write on this
 - On ___ (how magazine articles might be written)
 - Something to build on?
 - Work detail, briefly
 - Job particular, briefly
 - Builder's detail, briefly
 - Short detail?
 - Particular, briefly
 - Freelance work may be done on it
 - Prototype detail, briefly
 - Builder's detail, in brief
 - A freelancer may work on it
 - Mfr.'s detail
 - Many authors write on it
 - On __ (without a contract)
 - Risky business, for short
 - Job detail
 - On __ (without a buyer)
 - Freelancers work on it
 - Some houses are built on this
 - On ___ (made without commitment)
 - ___ sheet (guidelines)
 - Little detail
 - What a house may be built on
 - Done on ___ (without contract)
 - Some work on it
 - Something to write on?
 - Design description
 - An unsolicited script, e.g.
 - What some things are built on
 - Contractor's detail, briefly
 - Building plan, for short
 - Builder's plan
 - Schematic detail, briefly
 - On ___ (with no assurance of sale)
 - Work-order detail
 - Plot size, e.g.
 - Architectural detail
 - What houses may be built on
 - It's risky to build a house on this
 - Blueprint datum
 - What many freelancers work on
 - Design detail, for short
 - Guideline, briefly
 - Detail, for short
 - Investment activity, so to speak
 - Something to build on
 - Mark with measurements, maybe
 - You can write on it
 - Specification, for short
 - Requirement, for short
 - ___ sheet (builder's instructions)
 - What some homes are built on?
 - Plan detail
 - Blueprint detail (Abbr.)
 - Something to work on?
 - Blueprint number
 - Estimate, for short
 - Detail, briefly
 - Builder's detail, for short
 - What some build on
 - Blueprint bit
 - Job particular
 - Schematic detail, for short
 - Developer's draft
 - Technical particular
 - What crossword constructors typically work on
 - On ___ (pending approval)
 - Technical work requirement
 - What freelancers may work on?
 - Design criterion
 - Dinky detail?
 - Product detail, briefly
 - Architect's detail, for short
 - Architectural detail, for short
 - Bidder's concern
 - It may be submitted to an architect
 - Eng.'s concern
 - Project detail, briefly
 - What many freelance articles are written on
 - Guideline, for short
 - On ___ (without guarantee)
 - Particular, informally
 - Architect's detail
 - What freelancers usually submit on
 - Freelancer's detail
 - It's risky to build on it
 - Architect's small detail?
 - Freelancer's small detail
 - What some film scripts are written on
 - Provide technical details for
 - Not commissioned, after "on"
 - Bit of design info
 - Working description
 - Without a commitment: on ___
 - Specification (abbr.)
 - Building detail, briefly
 - Blueprint detail, in short
 - Proposal detail
 - False
 - What many designers work on
 - Guideline for a contractor, for short
 - What some write on
 - Provide design details for
 - Plan detail, for short
 - What it's risky to build on?
 - On ___ (without a guaranteed sale)
 - On ___ (at a risk)
 - Blue print detail
 - On ___ (with an eye toward selling)
 - Imprecision, for short
 - Something a journalist may work on
 - What a freelancer may work on
 - Engineering datum
 - What many writers write on
 - Building guideline
 - Design feature
 - Guideline for a freelancer, for short
 - Risky thing to build a house on
 - Prototype detail, informally
 - Design specification, slangily
 - Builder's enumeration
 - Something to build or write on
 - Singular blueprint detail
 - Unsure thing, for short
 - On ___ (like a freelance submission)
 - What manuscripts may be submitted on
 - Risky thing to build or write on
 - Singular work detail
 - Task detail
 - Risk, so to speak
 - What a script may be written on
 - Risky thing to write on
 - Risky biz
 - Builder's plan detail
 - On ___ (like freelance submissions)
 - Particular in a design
 - Investor's work, for short
 - Design criteria
 - What a crossword is often constructed on
 - Freelancer's detail?
 - Brief blueprint detail
 - 12-Down detail, for short
 - Design element
 - Builder's guideline
 - Risky venture, for short
 - Detail, in brief
 - Risky activity, for short
 - Risky venture, briefly
 - Blueprint particular
 - Builder's guideline, briefly
 - Design datum
 - Building direction, briefly
 - Something journalists may work on
 - Something you might write an article on
 - Blueprint bit, briefly
 - Something a house might be built on
 - On ___: without a contract
 - Work detail, informally
 - Construction guideline
 - What many writers work on
 - Proposal detail, for short
 - On ___ (without a firm commitment)
 - Particular, in short
 - Detail in a plan, briefly
 - Risky business, informally
 - What many freelancers write on?
 - Blueprint detail, informally
 - On ___: sans contract
 - A house may be built on it
 - Materials to be used, e.g.
 - Building detail
 - On ___ (freelance phrase)
 - De-tailed detail?
 - Technical detail, briefly
 - It's risky to work on it
 - Technical detail, for short
 - Aro-___
 - Writing is sometimes done on it
 - Bit of "deets"
 - Freelance detail, briefly
 - Something you might write on
 - 3 ft. x 5 ft., e.g.
 - Area of a room, e.g.
 - *Misleadingly plausible
 - Blueprint detail, in brief
 - Blueprint info
 - On ___: how much freelance work is done
 - Display size or camera res, e.g.
 - Design deet
 - Architect's detail, briefly
 - Dimension, e.g.
 - Brief detail
 - Required word count for a freelance article, e.g.
 - ___ script (screenwriter's pitch)
 - Guideline, in brief
 - Blueprint deet
 - Contractor's detail, in brief
 - Design bit
 - Built on ___
 - Built on ___ (constructed without a buyer lined up)
 
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