Related Clues:

• Hem, e.g
• Repair (sock)
• Mild oath; repair (socks)
• Mend with a needle
• Use a needle and thread
• Mend (knitted material)
• Mend (woollens)
• Right and wrong stitch
• Work on a hem, say
• Secure, with 'up'
• Curse and blast without ever ending
• Do some basting
• Darn, e.g
• "Aw, heck"
• Thus announced work on repair