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Message in very odd parts of zodiac wanting flipping Everyman to irritate (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

voice mail

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'message' is the definition.

'very odd parts of zodiac wanting flipping everyman to irritate' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'odd parts of' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'wanting' says to put letters next to each other.
'flipping everyman' becomes 'em' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to irritate' becomes 'ail'.
The alternate letters of 'zodiac' are 'oic'.
'v'+'oic'+'em'+'ail'='VOICE-MAIL'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for voice mail that I've seen before include "Audible message left on a phone" , "messaging system" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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