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Eat humble pie as pie logo crumbled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apologise

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'eat humble pie' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'as pie logo crumbled' is the wordplay.
'crumbled' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'pie'+'logo'='aspielogo'
'aspielogo' anagrammed gives 'APOLOGISE'.

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(Other definitions for apologise that I've seen before include "Say one is sorry" , "Say sorry, my mistake" , "Ask forgiveness" , "Say sorry, my fault" , "Express regret for a wrong (S, not Z)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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