The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 plus 7 letter word PINS AND NEEDLES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PINS AND NEEDLES
- Couturier's accessories causing a sensation
- Numbing feeling, doctors end endless pain
- Tingling in legs, also hands
- Items destined for sewer maybe creating uncomfortable feeling
- Evergreens lose energy with their leaves prickling
- Sensational items for dressmaker
- Partial loss of sense that dressmaker’s familiar with
- Tingling feeling chap in sand needlessly hides
- Does sewer have those? It’s an uncomfortable feeling
- Tingling feeling in leg, smooth, and mostly uncalled-for
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "items for dressmaker" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case items for dressmaker = pins and needles.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.