Related Clues:

• Book with poem shown up as minor piece of fiction
• Use a needle and thread
• Work on a hem, say
• Secure, with 'up'
• Do some basting
• Darn, e.g
• Thus announced work on repair
• Truthfully it cannot be told
• Join together with needle and thread
• Fellow in the same place producing pork pie
• Fasten thus to the ear
• Do some stitching
• Tack everywhere except north
• Baste, e.g
• Practice darts, maybe