Reward raised by the chap who wrote the cheque (6)
I believe the answer is:
drawer
'the chap who wrote the cheque' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'reward raised' is the wordplay.
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'reward' back-to-front is 'DRAWER'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drawer that I've seen before include "neither winner nor loser?" , "One providing cheque" , "Part of tallboy" , "Box in chest - one sketching?" , "Box-like container that slides" .)