Possible Clues:

• One uses a pedal when cycling from Beijing, perhaps, with flight before noon pushed back
• Mechanical stitcher
• The sort of singer that'll have you in stitches
• Singer that's going seedy, by the sound of it, perhaps (6, 7)
• Home gadget that'll have you in stitches
• Device for stitching
• Elias Howe invention
• Just what you need to get things stitched up quickly
• Howe creation
• Aid for a seamstress