Delay payment to people no longer working in South America? (10)
I believe the answer is:
suspension
'delay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'payment to people no longer working in south america?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'payment' could be 'pension' (pension is a kind of payment) and 'pension' is found in the answer.
'south' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is found in the answer.
'america?' could be 'us' (United States) and 'us' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for suspension that I've seen before include "Mixture with particles dispersed in a fluid" , "Ride-smoothing system" , "delay" , "Discord" , "Car ride smoother" .)