Makes better repairs following direction (6)
I believe the answer is:
emends
'makes better' is the definition.
(emending is a kind of making better)
'repairs following direction' is the wordplay.
'repairs' becomes 'mends' ('mend' can be a synonym of 'repair').
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'direction' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'mends' put after 'e' is 'EMENDS'.
(Other definitions for emends that I've seen before include "Send me (anag.); corrects" , "Improves,corrects" , "Changes" , "Alters, corrects" , "Alters written material to remove errors" .)