I use larger spread to put things on formal footing (10)
I believe the answer is:
regularise
'put things on formal footing' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'i use larger spread' is the wordplay.
'spread' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'use'+'larger'='iuselarger'
'iuselarger' with letters rearranged gives 'REGULARISE'.
'to' acts as a link.
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