Apology opener (3)
I believe the answer is:
mea
'apology opener' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Another definition for mea that I've seen is " My fault - . . . culpa".)
I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the L.A. Times Daily, the New York Times, the Newsday and the L.A. Times Sunday.
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