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Son telephoned during exam -- most unusual! (9)

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I believe the answer is:

strangest

'most unusual' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'son telephoned during exam' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'telephoned' becomes 'rang' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'telephone').
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'exam' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'rang' inserted into 'test' is 'trangest'.
's'+'trangest'='STRANGEST'

(Other definitions for strangest that I've seen before include "Most peculiar" , "Most out of the ordinary and unexpected" , "Most unusual or odd" , "Most unusual, oddest" , "Most remarkable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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