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Talk to Egyptian engineer. The one named on the envelope (9)

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I believe the answer is:

addressee

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'one named on the envelope' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'talk to egyptian engineer' is the wordplay.
'talk to' becomes 'address' (I've seen this in another clue).
'egyptian engineer' becomes 'ee' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'address'+'ee'='ADDRESSEE'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for addressee that I've seen before include "Recipient of post" , "One sent letter" , "Intended recipient of letter" , "The one to whom the message is sent" , "Person whose name is on the envelope" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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