Instructions to make into cider (9)
I believe the answer is:
direction
'instructions' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'make into cider' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into'+'cider'='intocider'
'intocider' with letters rearranged gives 'DIRECTION'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for direction that I've seen before include "Tenor" , "Course in which something is travelling" , "Trend, tendency" , "Decision-making" , "Administration" .)