Admission of guilt recalled in respect of cracking weir (2,3)

'admission of guilt' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'recalled in respect of cracking weir' is the wordplay.
'recalled' is a reversal indicator.
'in respect of' becomes 'by' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cracking' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters go into a gap or crack).
'weir' becomes 'dam' (I've seen this before).
'by' placed inside 'dam' is 'dabym'.
'dabym' in reverse letter order is 'MY BAD'.

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