Gin, if made badly, can still be looking great! (9)
I believe the answer is:
magnified
'great' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'gin if made badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'gin'+'if'+'made'='ginifmade'
'ginifmade' anagrammed gives 'MAGNIFIED'.
'can still be looking' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for magnified that I've seen is " Enlarged or amplified".)