One's left dangling (5,3)

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loose end

(Other definitions for loose end that I've seen before include "where one's idling" , "As yet unexplained detail" , "One's not yet decided" , "The bored, idle at one" , "Unsettled matter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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