Drinks maker initially cautious of price cap being raised (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
coffee pot
'drinks maker' is the definition.
(pot for making coffee)
'initially cautious of price cap being raised' is the wordplay.
'initially cautious of price' becomes 'coffee' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cap' becomes 'top' (synonyms).
'being raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'top' reversed gives 'pot'.
'coffee'+'pot'='COFFEE-POT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coffee pot that I've seen before include "source of drink" , "Drink serving container" , "Percolator" , "Hot drink dispenser" .)