Eccentric individual peddles a method of finding contact number quickly (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

speed dial

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'method of finding contact number quickly' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'eccentric individual peddles a' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' is an anagram indicator.
'individual' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one, ie individual).
'i'+'peddles'+'a'='ipeddlesa'
'ipeddlesa' is an anagram of 'SPEED-DIAL'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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