Delay South American writer and daughter (7)
I believe the answer is:
suspend
'delay' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'south american writer and daughter' is the wordplay.
'south american' becomes 'sus' (I've seen this in other clues).
'writer' becomes 'pen' (I've seen this before).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'sus'+'pen'+'d'='SUSPEND'
(Other definitions for suspend that I've seen before include "Put in abeyance" , "Adjourn" , "Remove temporarily from office - hang" , "Keep in abeyance" , "Stop for a time" .)