Job detail, for short

The answer

SPEC

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPEC answer page.

Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SPEC

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPEC, most used first.

• Blueprint detail - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Design detail - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Detail, briefly - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint detail, for short - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• On ___ (without a contract) - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Design detail, for short - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint detail, briefly - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Job detail, briefly - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Detail, for short - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Design detail, briefly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Risky business, for short - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Blueprint number - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Architect's detail - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• On ___ (as a gamble) - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Risky business - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• A freelancer may work on it - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Particular, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Blueprint detail, in short - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• On ___ (without commitment) - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Something to build on? - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Done on ___ (without contract) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Plan detail - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Blueprint figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Design deet - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Engineering detail - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Project detail - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Builder's sample - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Guesswork, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Job detail - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• On ___ (how many freelancers work) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• On __ (without guarantee) - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Work detail - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• A writer may work on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• An article may be written on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Architectural detail - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Risky biz - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Schematic detail, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Some writers work on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Blueprint bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Blueprint deet - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint item - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Builder's detail, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Work detail, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

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• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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