### Clue: Proudly raise letter to gaffer (6)
### Answer: EMBOSS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Proudly raise
  EM(the letter "m") BOSS(the foreman or overseer, especially of a gang of manual labourers refered to as the "gaffer" – the word was originally a contraction of "godfather", which word is now also synonymous with a "boss" in the underworld)
Answer:   "Proudly" could be here to lend emphasis, as "proud" as an adjective already means projecting or protruding above the surrounding area, ie. raised.  Otherwise, there are two (one too many?) defining words here.