Performed stop before entering road (8)
I believe the answer is:
rendered
'performed' is the definition.
(rendering is a kind of performing)
'stop before entering road' is the wordplay.
'stop' becomes 'end' (synonyms).
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term).
'entering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'end'+'ere'='endere'
'endere' inserted within 'rd' is 'RENDERED'.
(Other definitions for rendered that I've seen before include "Provided, given" , "Gave - returned" , "what the builder did" , "Made restitution" , "Plastered; gave" .)