Mending and sorting washed socks? (9)
I believe the answer is:
restoring
'mending' is the definition.
('restore' can be a synonym of 'mend')
'sorting washed socks?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'sorting' is 'storing' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for restoring that I've seen before include "Bringing back to former state" , "Returning to the original state" .)