Regretting telephone call outside university (5)
25D — Regretting telephone call outside university (5) — RUING
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Definition
Definition found: 'Regretting'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'outside''outside' tells us one piece goes inside another.
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Operation
'outside' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'telephone call university'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'university' → ULook for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'telephone call' → RING'telephone call' is a synonym for RING in this context.
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Assembly
RING + U = R(U)ING