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As usual, the men do wrong and there’s an apology (6,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pardon me

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'there's an apology' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Polite apology ' mean 'pardon me' so perhaps 'apology' could also mean 'pardon me')

'as usual the men do wrong' is the wordplay.
'as usual' becomes 'par' (par is an average golf score. I am not sure about the 'as' bit.).
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'men'+'do'='mendo'
'mendo' anagrammed gives 'donme'.
'par'+'donme'='PARDON ME'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pardon me that I've seen before include "Polite apology" , "Say that again!" , "Sorry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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