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Makes amends for throwing a stone (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atones

'makes amends' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'throwing a stone' is the wordplay.
'throwing' indicates an anagram (letters get thrown around).
'a'+'stone'='astone'
'astone' is an anagram of 'ATONES'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for atones that I've seen before include "Makes amends for sin" , "Makes up for injury or offence" , "Makes up for, say sin" , "Makes redress" , "Makes reparation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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