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Malone

I was interested to read on an EV thread that you have a laptop. Even better, you mute it, so well done. I get irritated when people have conversations on them.

Hello, Jigjag. It'd be great if I could mute people too - that would be useful on trains and buses! I thought of my fellow pedants and moaners yesterday when I saw this Telegraph clue...

Strong swimmer's dance in audition (6).

Did I...
A. Sigh but smile
B. Growl ferociously
C Send forth a stream of invective, probably heard many miles away?

Malone

I am sure you felt like doing "C", but I imagine that with your usual self-control, you gracefully did "A"

Sorry malone, I cant solve it.

Sorry, Jigjag, I went with B I don't think I do anything 'gracefully'.
Grunger, it's possibly the homophoniness* of the clue that has got you stuck?

*A new word, maybe very, very new.

Is it something that congs?

TrebvorNotlaw, yes, that could be one way of putting it.

malone and trebornotlaw @45, 46, 47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfvQJQ6EaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcX1Ki-TKy0

Surely no homophoniness here. I suppose some regional dialects would sound the r in conger, but I don't think that's a reason for discounting so much of this genre of clue. No RIP for RP.

paulH
You must have cloth ears! Can you not detect the difference between congAH and congERRR?
:)

Paul... I have nothing against RP. I feel quite safe in saying that most of Scotland would sound the 'r' in 'conger' - but if you want to class a whole country as having a 'regional' dialect...