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SOAPSTONEWhat is sometimes used by tailors for marking fabric? (9)
ELLOld measure of length used by tailors (3)
TAPEMEASURESFlexible rulers used by tailors, dieticians, dressmakers and carpet-fitters (4,8)
ADJUSTEDTweaked a dinner jacket - used foremost of tailors for alteration (8)
TONSORIALSwitched on tailors for barbers (9)
GEARSTOTailors for
TYKEWhat informal term is sometimes used for a Yorkshireman? (4)
NOVAWhat is sometimes seen by the naked eye as a new star (4)
STILTSThese are sometimes used by circus and street performers for added height (6)
TOMTHUMBWhat name is sometimes used for a dwarf variety of flower or vegetable? (3,5)
SCALLOPWhat fan-shaped shell is sometimes used as a serving dish? (7)
EELFish whose skin is sometimes used for leather
PRESCRIPTIONCopiers print out what is sometimes illegible from the doctor (12)
GINWhat is sometimes called "mother's ruin"? (3)
TORNADOWhat is sometimes called a twister? (7)
CABBAGEOffcuts of cloth once purloined by tailors as a perquisite when cutting out clients' garments, hence a word for "filch" or "pilfer"; or, a chou, cole or pamphrey, eaten by humans and white butterfly c
UNICYCLEVehicle sometimes used by a funambulist or an acrobat (8)
COMMONTOADFLYInsect sometimes used by US forensics teams to determine time of death
ENGLISHLanguage sometimes used by setter, often before breakfast
RATTANHorrible tartan sometimes used by furniture-maker