Make more palatable court saga in jeopardy (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
sugar-coat
'make' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'more palatable court saga in jeopardy' is the wordplay.
'court saga' can be anagrammed to 'SUGAR-COAT'.
Though, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sugar-coat that I've seen before include "Make something distasteful seem more palatable?" , "Give a better view of" .)