Stayed to produce green lid (8)
I believe the answer is:
lingered
'stayed' is the definition.
(lingering is a kind of staying)
'produce green lid' is the wordplay.
'produce' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'producing' mean this).
'green'+'lid'='greenlid'
'greenlid' with letters rearranged gives 'LINGERED'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lingered that I've seen before include "Was slow to leave" , "left behind" , "Stayed on, hung around" , "Hung on, dawdled" , "Loitered" .)