Minister joined a member and put on a new face (6)
I believe the answer is:
revamp
'put on a new face' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'minister joined a member' is the wordplay.
'minister' becomes 'rev' (short for reverend).
'joined' says to put letters next to each other.
'member' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'rev'+'a'+'mp'='REVAMP'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for revamp that I've seen before include "Give makeover to" , "Make new, improve or up-date" , "Refurbish" , "overhaul" , "Give new form to" .)