Answer: SEWS
SEWS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 187 times.
Referring Clues:
- Uses needle and thread
 - Puts in stitches
 - Stitches
 - Uses a Singer
 - Wraps (up)
 - Quilts, say
 - Bastes
 - Does zigzags, maybe
 - Hems but doesn't haw
 - Plies a needle
 - Buttonholes, say
 - Does tailoring
 - Embroiders a bit
 - Finishes, with "up"
 - Embroiders
 - Darns
 - Leaves in stitches
 - Tailors
 - Adds a border to a quilt, e.g.
 - Works on a quilt
 - Does some mending
 - Emulates Betsy Ross
 - Hems, say
 - Attaches, as patches
 - What Wendy does to reattach Peter's shadow
 - Takes after Betsy Ross
 - Does some embroidery
 - Does crewel things?
 - Hems, perhaps
 - Plies the needle
 - Plays with darts?
 - Repairs with thread
 - Sutures
 - Buttonholes, for example
 - Pulls some strings?
 - Bastes, for example
 - Runs up
 - Monopolizes, with "up"
 - Controls, with "up"
 - Works with needle and thread
 - Does some darning
 - Works with thread
 - Patches up
 - Puts in a hem
 - Ensures, with ''up''
 - Bastes or alters
 - Hems or bastes
 - Does fabric repair
 - Ices, with ''up''
 - Works with darts
 - Makes a dress
 - Attaches a button, perhaps
 - Attaches a button
 - Stitches together
 - Makes clothes
 - Leaves in stitches?
 - Appliques
 - Keeps folks in stitches?
 - Applies patches, e.g.
 - Mends clothes, in a way
 - Uses a needle
 - Attaches labels, in a way
 - Patches, perhaps
 - Patches things up?
 - Concludes (with "up")
 - Employs a Singer
 - Keeps folks in stitches
 - Closes the gap, in a way
 - Mends
 - Wields a needle
 - Closes a rip
 - Repairs some tears
 - Assures, with "up"
 - Uses a needle and thread
 - Works with a needle
 - Does one darn thing after another?
 - Ensures, with "up"
 - Ices, with "up"
 - Makes collars, say
 - Works on one's jumper, say
 - Experiments with darts
 - Has a seamy job?
 - Completes, with "up"
 - Bastes, e.g.
 - Bastes and hems
 - Mends with thread
 - Gives a darn?
 - Makes suits
 - Makes togs
 - Fixes a seam
 - Patches
 - Tends tears
 - Does alterations
 - Emulates Ross
 - Fastens fabric
 - Stitches up
 - Darns something
 - Performs at a bee
 - Bastes or hems
 - Attaches, in a way, with "on"
 - Repairs certain tears
 - Does a seamstress's job
 - Works on shifts, say
 - Performs stitchery
 - Makes a collar, perhaps
 - Fixes with thread
 - Mends material
 - Emulates a seamstress
 - Fixes a seam, say
 - Hems but doesn't haw?
 - Attaches patches
 - Uses a needle, in a way
 - Tacks, e.g.
 - Ends, with "up"
 - Makes loop-the-loops?
 - Makes a 44 Across, say
 - ___ up (monopolizes)
 - Darns, e.g.
 - Does crewelwork, say
 - Does some dressmaking
 - Fashions a frock
 - Applies patches
 - Does some patchwork
 - Stitches, hems or darns
 - Fixes a hem
 - Works with a Singer
 - Takes part in a bee
 - Makes seams
 - Closes a hole, say
 - Does some surgical work
 - Does zigzags, say
 - Repairs clothing
 - Works on a seam
 - Does a dressmaker's chore
 - Tends to a split seam
 - Hems without hawing
 - Works with threads
 - Clinches, with "up"
 - Repairs garments
 - Follows a pattern?
 - Does embroidery
 - Does some hemming
 - Emulates Dorcas
 - Puts on a patch, say
 - Bastes, say
 - Susie-shirts tongue-twister link
 - Follows a pattern, perhaps
 - Makes a dress, e.g.
 - Attaches a patch, say
 - Finalizes, with "up"
 - Tends to tears
 - Finishes (up)
 - Fixes rips
 - Hems, but doesn't haw
 - Moves hems
 - Crafts a quilt
 - Does zigzags, perhaps
 - Creates a seam, say
 - Attaches a sleeve, say
 - Seams right
 - Participates in a bee
 - Assembles a blouse
 - Puts a Singer to work
 - What a Singer does best
 - Puts on a patch, perhaps
 - Patches (up)
 - Attaches a button, say
 - Hems, for instance
 - Attaches a patch, maybe
 - Does needlework
 - Hems some pants, for example
 - Does some stitching
 - Mends, in a way
 - Darns, say
 - Follows a pattern, say
 - Makes clothes, e.g.
 - Affixes a patch, say
 - Works with a thimble
 - Repairs a garment
 - Makes a costume, say
 - Makes stitches
 - Does some needlework
 - Does a bit of tailoring
 - Mends with stitches
 - Stitches (up)
 - Repairs tears, maybe
 - Hides a tear, say
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 27, 2025
 - USA Today - August 27, 2025
 - USA Today - July 10, 2025
 - New York Times - June 07, 2025
 - LA Times - May 27, 2025
 - USA Today - May 20, 2025
 - New York Times - April 09, 2025
 - LA Times - March 30, 2025
 - USA Today - February 13, 2025
 - LA Times - January 17, 2025
 - LA Times - September 18, 2024
 - New York Times - June 09, 2024
 - USA Today - June 07, 2024
 - USA Today - May 14, 2024
 - New York Times - April 14, 2024
 - USA Today - February 23, 2024
 - USA Today - November 10, 2023
 - USA Today - November 08, 2023
 - USA Today - September 11, 2023
 - USA Today - August 29, 2023
 
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