The glory of raising turf by Britain (5)
I believe the answer is:
kudos
'the glory' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'raising turf by britain' is the wordplay.
'raising' is a reversal indicator.
'turf' becomes 'sod' (synonyms).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'britain' becomes 'UK' (synonyms).
'sod'+'uk'='soduk'
'soduk' back-to-front is 'KUDOS'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for kudos that I've seen before include "Acclaim" , "Laudation" , "Honour - cachet" , "'Credit, honour or prestige (5)'" , "Informal honour of glory" .)