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Engineer pleased about a new feature in a resort? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esplanade

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'feature in a resort?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'engineer pleased about a new' is the wordplay.
'engineer' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'pleased' with letters rearranged gives 'esplade'.
'a'+'n'='an'
'esplade' placed around 'an' is 'ESPLANADE'.

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(Other definitions for esplanade that I've seen before include "walk by sea" , "Sea-front drive" , "Space for a stroll by the seaside" , "Walkway along the seashore" , "Long wide pavement next to a beach" .)

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