Fix his tables when broken (9)
I believe the answer is:
establish
'fix' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'his tables when broken' is the wordplay.
'when broken' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'his'+'tables'='histables'
'histables' anagrammed gives 'ESTABLISH'.
(Other definitions for establish that I've seen before include "Create - lodge" , "Set up a business or prove to be true" , "Set up on permanent basis, or show to be true" , "Institute; set up" , "Set up or found" .)