Elevate one among many (5)
I believe the answer is:
hoist
'elevate' is the definition.
(I know that elevate is a is a kind of of hoist)
'one among many' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'many' could be 'host' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'host' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hoist that I've seen before include "set of flags" , "piece of lifting gear" , "Lifting tackle" , "elevator" , "Device for lifting, often attached to 5 down" .)