But unless the controller clears you beyond that fix (which in this case,
he did not) and you're not following the Radio Failure procedures (which
in this case you are not) then you must hold.

If you are cleared to a fix and "expect no delay", how does that differ
from having an EFC time that exactly matches your arrival at the fix?

Jose
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