He's known for making a stand to enlarge cruets somehow (7,6)

I believe the answer is:

general custer

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'he's known for making a stand' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'enlarge cruets somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'enlarge'+'cruets'='enlargecruets'
'enlargecruets' anagrammed gives 'GENERAL CUSTER'.

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for general custer that I've seen is " United States army officer".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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