Possible Clues:

• Hang Southern States writer before break of day
• Hold up exhaust, no good to plug in
• Fork out money to cover America for delay
• After conclusions from barristers, you use delay
• Hold up American during pay-out
• Hang it, it's up to us not to save
• Sends up (anag.)
• Carry out hanging - American writer terribly shocked about it
• Fail to hit
• Punish, in a way, as a student