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Is in suspense (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hangs

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'is' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for hangs that I've seen before include "Depends" , "Suspends" .)

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