Answer to "Preliminary sketch" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DRAFT , but the solution may also be ROUGHOUTLINE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).

Preliminary sketch crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
DRAFT	33 %	5
OUTLINE	33 %	7
ROUGHOUTLINE	33 %	12

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preliminary sketch

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• draft
• outline
• abbozzo
• design
• banked
• designed
• drafted
• rough
• maquette
• cartoon
• scenario
• outlined

Crossword Answer definitions

DRAFT noun

1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
2. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
3. An act of drinking.
4. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
5. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
6. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
7. Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
8. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
9. A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
10. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
11. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
12. A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
13. A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
14. The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
15. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
16. (possibly obsolete) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
17. (possibly obsolete) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
18. (possibly obsolete) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
19. A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

DRAFT verb

1. To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
2. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
3. To write a law.
4. To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
5. To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
6. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
7. To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
8. To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
9. To draw out; to call forth.
10. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

DRAFT adjective

1. Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
2. Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result DRAFT

• First version
• Preliminary outline
• Rough copy
• Beer order
• Conscription
• Air current
• Preliminary sketch
• Unedited version
• New York ___ Riots of 1863
• Window leak

More clues leading to the result OUTLINE

• Show the main features of
• Screenwriter's submission
• Syllabus
• General plan.
• Shape a course.
• Sketch.
• Profile.
• Silhouette
• Preliminary sketch
• Summary

More clues leading to the result ROUGHOUTLINE

• *Preliminary sketch