Patch up the others round about (7)
I believe the answer is:
restore
'patch up' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'others round about' is the wordplay.
'others' becomes 'rest' (eg the rest of a group).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'rest'+'o'+'re'='RESTORE'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for restore that I've seen before include "Cure" , "Build up again" , "Refurbish" , "Bring back to health" , "Repair, put back" .)