| MODISTE | Posh milliner or dressmaker (7) |
| PATTERN | Sample of wallpaper or cloth; the distribution or grouping of shotguns on a target; or, a set of instructions used by a dressmaker or a tailor (7) |
| HATMAKER | Word for a milliner or modiste (8) |
| CLOTHES | General word for items made by a tailor, dressmaker, couturier or a seamstress (7) |
| GATHERS | Infers it's what a dressmaker sometimes does (7) |
| FITTING | Proper appointment with dressmaker (7) |
| KERMODE | Dressmaker models clothes for film critic Mark (7) |
| COURIER | Dressmaker drops half of tutu, one accompanying package? (7) |
| THIMBLE | This will prevent the dressmaker getting needled (7) |
| BLOCK | Head-shaped mould used by a milliner or a hatter (5) |
| WINSLET | Kate -; Oscar-winning actress in The Reader, Revolutionary Road and The Dressmaker (7) |
| DIORAMA | He was a dressmaker and a master of lifelike display. (7) |
| NEEDLES | Require wee Lesley to fetch items for the dressmaker (7) |
| MEASURE | Dressmaker may use this to record piece of dance music (4,7) |
| HERWORK | Dressmaker might be faced with difficult task (4,3,4,3,3) |
| SEWING | An embroiderer, dressmaker, midinette, seamstress or tailor's skill of stitchcraft or needlework (6) |
| PINSANDNEEDLES | Sensational items for dressmaker (4,3,7) |
| COUTURIER | A dressmaker or designer (9) |
| SEWINGMACHINE | Electrical device for a dressmaker (6,7) |
| COUTURIERE | Female dressmaker or fashion designer (10) |
