There’s something elevating about this lad (7)

I believe the answer is:

liftboy

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'there's something elevating about this lad' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'about this lad' is the wordplay.
'about this' becomes 'lift' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'lad' becomes 'boy' (I've seen this before).
'lift'+'boy'='LIFTBOY'

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