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Pressure beneath same cracked sewer? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seamstress

'sewer?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pressure beneath same cracked' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'stress' (I've seen this before**).
'beneath' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue).
'cracked' indicates an anagram.
'same' with letters rearranged gives 'seam'.
'stress' put after 'seam' is 'SEAMSTRESS'.

(Other definitions for seamstress that I've seen before include "sewer" , "Dressmaker" , "Midinette" , "needlewoman" , "Woman who sews for a living" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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