Give a lift to employment, packing pair in somehow (7)
I believe the answer is:
upraise
'give a lift to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'employment packing pair in somehow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'pair' is 'prai' which is located in the answer.
'employment' could be 'use' (synonyms) and 'use' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for upraise that I've seen before include "Erect" , "Exalt - elevate" , "EU pairs (anag) - lift higher" .)