Specs, oddly found outside home for writers (7)
I believe the answer is:
scribes
'writers' is the definition.
(scribe is a kind of writer)
'specs oddly found outside home' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters.
'found outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'home' becomes 'crib' (informal term for someone's home).
The alternating letters of 'specs' are 'ses'.
'ses' enclosing 'crib' is 'SCRIBES'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for scribes that I've seen before include "Copyists" , "Ancient writers (7)" , "People who once made hand-written copies" , "journos" .)