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Coming again with note, bringing apology (6,2)

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pardon me

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

'coming again with note' is the wordplay.
'coming again' becomes 'pardon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'note' becomes 'me' (alternative spelling the musical note mi).
'pardon'+'me'='PARDON ME'

'bringing' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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