Daughter standing by river in finale? (To be continued ...) (7)
I believe the answer is:
endured
'continued' is the definition.
(enduring is a kind of continuing)
'daughter standing by river in finale?' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'standing by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'river' becomes 'ure' (river in Yorkshire).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'finale?' becomes 'end' (the end of a story or show).
'd'+'ure'='dure'
'dure' going into 'end' is 'ENDURED'.
'to be' is the link.
(Other definitions for endured that I've seen before include "Withstood" , "Put up with something" , "Bore; put up with" , "Carried on" , "Patiently suffered" .)