Raise crop and drink up in China? (9)
I believe the answer is:
porcelain
'china?' is the definition.
(china is a kind of porcelain)
'raise crop and drink up in' is the wordplay.
'raise' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'drink' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'crop' backwards is 'porc'.
'ale' reversed gives 'ela'.
'porc'+'ela'+'in'='PORCELAIN'
(Other definitions for porcelain that I've seen before include "Fine white ceramic" , "Form of ceramic" , "Fine ceramic ware" , "Crockery" , "Jasper, perhaps" .)