The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word WORKSHOP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WORKSHOP
- Act roughly in factory dance
- Labour gets awfully posh studio
- Photographer latterly inside pans dance studio
- Intensive course in hospital in Notts town
- Manufacturing establishment hard to find in Notts town
- Joint project to earn money and spend it?
- Experimental project for factory dance
- Show pork going bad in factory
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What does WORKSHOP mean?
WORKSHOP noun- A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
- A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
- An academic conference.
- To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
- To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.
- To improve through collaboration.