Homage to muscle, amongst others (7)
I believe the answer is:
respect
'homage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'muscle amongst others' is the wordplay.
'muscle' becomes 'pec' (I've seen this in other clues).
'amongst' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this before).
'pec' placed inside 'rest' is 'RESPECT'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for respect that I've seen before include "Refuse to offend" , "Venerate" , "High opinion or regard for" , "Have high regard for sceptre" , "'Regard, esteem (7)'" .)