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Flaw restricting ring, Irishman set up telephone facility (9)

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I believe the answer is:

voicemail

'telephone facility' is the definition.
(voicemail is available on a telephone)

'flaw restricting ring irishman set up' is the wordplay.
'flaw' becomes 'vice' (vice can mean a failing or flaw).
'restricting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ring' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ring).
'irishman' becomes 'liam' (common Irish name).
'set up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'liam' reversed gives 'mail'.
'vice' placed around 'o' is 'voice'.
'voice'+'mail'='VOICEMAIL'

(Another definition for voicemail that I've seen is " What's reached, when someone can't be reached!".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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