Hurried to Gateshead when telephoned (4)
I believe the answer is:
rang
'telephoned' is the definition.
('ring' can be a synonym of 'telephone')
'hurried to gateshead' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'ran' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'to gateshead' becomes 'g' (head letter of 'gates').
'ran'+'g'='RANG'
'when' is the link.
(Other definitions for rang that I've seen before include "Called" , "Telephoned" , "Phoned; reverberated" , "Made tolling sound or phoned" , "Phoned; did resound" .)