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New? My mistake sending back old club (5)

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I believe the answer is:

spoon

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'old club' is the definition.
'spoon' can be an answer for 'club' (spoon is a kind of club). I'm unsure of the 'old' bit.

'new? my mistake sending back' is the wordplay.
'new?' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'my mistake' becomes 'oops' (oops may be said to acknowledge a mistake).
'sending back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'n'+'oops'='noops'
'noops' written backwards gives 'SPOON'.

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(Other definitions for spoon that I've seen before include "Ladle" , "feeder" , "Dining utensil" , "A runcible item of cutlery?" , "Eating implement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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