Remodels contemporary apartment second (6)
I believe the answer is:
adapts
'remodels' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'contemporary apartment second' is the wordplay.
'contemporary' becomes 'ad' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'apartment' becomes 'apt' (abbreviation in property ads for example).
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'ad'+'apt'+'s'='ADAPTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adapts that I've seen before include "Fits" , "Changes to suit different circumstances" , "Changes to suit another purpose" , "fashions" , "Changes to fit new circumstances" .)