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A refreshing thing to do (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

renew

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'do' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a refreshing thing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'refreshing' could be 'new' (similar in meaning) and 'new' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for renew that I've seen before include "Reinforce" , "Update library book, acquaintance, etc" , "Take up again" , "Renovate" , "Extend loan period" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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