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Telephone function Eddie resolved in half of Spalding (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speed dial

'telephone function' is the definition.

'eddie resolved in half of spalding' is the wordplay.
'resolved' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'eddie' anagrammed gives 'eeddi'.
'spalding' with half the letters taken is 'spal'.
'eeddi' placed into 'spal' is 'SPEED DIAL'.

(Another definition for speed dial that I've seen is " Phone function using stored numbers".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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