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Acknowledgement came out: yours truly wrong? (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

mea culpa

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'acknowledgement' is the definition.
(apology or acknowledgement of a wrong)

'came out yours truly wrong?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'came' is 'meac' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mea culpa that I've seen before include "'I am to blame (3,5)'" , "Acknowledgement of one's own fault (Latin)" , "Acknowledgment of error or guilt" , "An acknowledgement of personal fault or error" , "I'm guilty (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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