| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ZIGZAG | Sewing-machine stitch | |
| TENSION | A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness. | |
| SHUTTLE | The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch. | |
| TAKE-UP | That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. | |
| BOBBIN | Sewing machine reel | |