Possible Clues:

• Remedial needlework
• Needling action in a contest over moment when judge is sacked
• A point judge missed about award — this needles one
• 6 gets a prize - a French cruet set
• A lot of needlework done in relief?
• A copper's flat used for medical treatment
• A copper with 26 across treatment for pain
• Alternative treatment using needles
• Needle treatment
• The Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary says ____ “may work by allowing the body to release its own natural painkillers”