Help needed to finish this please.1a He wants to raise the standard of living (8)
-O-A--S-. 5a Institution likely to make a hit (4) -L--. 11a Flog dough (5) -A-T-.
7d Invest capital, perhaps (7) --S-E-E
Thank you very much Bookbinder for your answers. If answer to 5a is CLUB, which I am sure it is, then 7d begins with B-S-S-E. The only word I could think of was BESIEGE but cannot justify the answer.