Possible Clues:

• How A served at the table and hung around there
• It's not unexpected to get away in Scotland with it to the editor
• Sounds as if A could be made heavier just by having this hung around (7)
• Is A wed about A with it?
• A made heavy enough, by the sound of it, to have been hanging around
• Being heavy-sounding, A hung around
• A might sound as if it had lead on it, so as to have had it hanging around like this
• did Ahang around with some lead on it by the sound of it
• How A was hanging around with lead attached, by the sound of it
• Expected Austrian leader to get served