Draw attention to man and means by which standards may be raised (9)
I believe the answer is:
flagstaff
'means by which standards may be raised' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'draw attention to man' is the wordplay.
'draw attention to' becomes 'flag' (as in to flag or mark something).
'man' becomes 'staff' (both can mean to work at a particular post).
'flag'+'staff'='FLAGSTAFF'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flagstaff that I've seen before include "place in Arizona" , "somewhere in Arizona" , "supporter of Jack?)" , "raising standards here?" , "supporter of raised standards" .)