Expressed remorse for goodies pal broke (10)

I believe the answer is:

apologised

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'expressed remorse' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'goodies pal broke' is the wordplay.
'broke' is an anagram indicator.
'goodies'+'pal'='goodiespal'
'goodiespal' anagrammed gives 'APOLOGISED'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for apologised that I've seen before include "Expressed regret for what one has done" , "admitted faults" , "Was sorry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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