India blocking exile, European, to make up for mistake (7)
I believe the answer is:
expiate
'make up for mistake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'india blocking exile european' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'blocking' indicates putting letters inside.
'exile' becomes 'expat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'i' placed into 'expat' is 'expiat'.
'expiat'+'e'='EXPIATE'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for expiate that I've seen before include "Make amends for wrongdoing" , "Do penance, make amends" , "make atonement" , "Pay for" , "Make reparation" .)