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A scribbled note reportedly intended to make amends (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atonement

'amends' is the definition.
(atonement is a kind of amends)

'a scribbled note reportedly intended' is the wordplay.
'scribbled' is an anagram indicator (ie written badly).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'intended' becomes 'meant' (meaning is a kind of intending).
'meant' is a homophone of 'ment'.
'note' with letters rearranged gives 'tone'.
'a'+'tone'+'ment'='ATONEMENT'

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for atonement that I've seen before include "Making amends" , "Compensation for a wrong" , "needed to make amends" , "Making good" , "'Penance, redemption (9)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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