How to alter hem to here, as an improvement? (6)
I believe the answer is:
reform
This clue could be a double definition.
'how to alter' is the first definition.
(I know that ameliorate is the is a more specific form of the action of reform.)
'hem to here as an improvement?' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reform that I've seen before include "Go straight" , "Change one's ways (for the better?)" , "Correct(ion of) abuses" , "Abandon evil practices" , "Show improvement" .)