Both parents at location describing conversion that led to a change of attitude (9)
I believe the answer is:
damascene
'change of attitude' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'both parents at location describing conversion that led to a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'parents' could be 'mas' (ma is a kind of parent) and 'mas' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'location' could be 'dc' (DC is an example) and 'dc' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'ene' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damascene that I've seen before include "inlaid work" , "gold inlay" , "Syrian" , "Middle Eastern" , "of very ancient city" .)