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Tell engineers different tale (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relate

'tell' is the definition.
(as in to tell or relate a story)

'engineers different tale' is the wordplay.
'engineers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'different' indicates an anagram (letters placed in a different order).
'tale' with letters rearranged gives 'late'.
're'+'late'='RELATE'

(Other definitions for relate that I've seen before include "Do well; wave about" , "Narrate or connect things" , "feel empathy" , "Describe an event" , "Sympathise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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