Hanging judge on past performance terminally disposed (8)
I believe the answer is:
tapestry
'hanging' is the definition.
(tapestry is a kind of hanging)
'judge on past performance terminally disposed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'judge' could be 'try' (as in trialling a defendant) and 'try' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tapes' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tapestry that I've seen before include "As pretty as woven material with design" , "Fabric picture" , "decoration" , "Eg, arras, Gobelin" , "a picture on the wall" .)