Criticised for not having rung? (7)
I believe the answer is:
knocked
'criticised' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'not having rung?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'no' (negative) and 'no' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for knocked that I've seen before include "Bashed" , "Rapped with the knuckles, say" , "was not at all appreciative" , "Hit or put someone down" , "Rapped, on the door perhaps" .)