Hanging here, a pair of females dress down to go outside (8)
I believe the answer is:
scaffold
'hanging here' is the definition.
(historical structure for public hangings)
'a pair of females dress down to go outside' is the wordplay.
'pair of' says to double the letters (I've seen 'pair' mean this).
'females' becomes 'f' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'dress down' becomes 'scold' (synonyms).
'to go outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'f' duplicated is 'ff'.
'a'+'ff'='aff'
'aff' inserted within 'scold' is 'SCAFFOLD'.
(Other definitions for scaffold that I've seen before include "support" , "Platform refreshment" , "Temporary erection for workmen - gallows" , "Platform on which criminals were once hung" , "Old platform for hangings" .)