Men not raised in island capital (8)
I believe the answer is:
kingston
'island capital' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'men not raised' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'kings' (king is a kind of man).
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'not' reversed gives 'ton'.
'kings'+'ton'='KINGSTON'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for kingston that I've seen before include "island capital" , "Royal borough on river Thames" , "Jamaican capital" , "Capital of Jamaica" .)