A refreshing thing to do (5)
I believe the answer is:
renew
'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" .)