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Engineer cried about every single phone feature (6,2)

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I believe the answer is:

caller id

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'phone feature' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'engineer cried about every' is the wordplay.
'engineer' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'every' becomes 'all' (similar in meaning).
'cried' with letters rearranged gives 'cerid'.
'cerid' enclosing 'all' is 'CALLER ID'.

'single' is the link.
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