Possible Clues:

• Stuck (on)
• Overly fixated (on)
• Suspend headless boxer - he has a chip on his shoulder
• One of The Barbarians leads with Garryowen - unfortunately prop pegged it down the line for the wind to catch
• Ended a phone talk
• Stopped talking to old nomadic sort at golf union party
• Rang off, being emotionally disturbed?
• Withdrew from conversation in hotel with a foreign beastly sort retiring
• Put down the phone