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It's my fault husband has left rings (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oops

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'it's my fault' is the definition.

'husband has left rings' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'rings' could be 'oo' (two O's - O resembles a ring) and 'oo' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for oops that I've seen before include "I'm sorry" , "Exclamation on making obvious mistake" , "Something's been spilt!" , "I've slipped" , "Clumsy me!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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