"Once ___ a time, a few mistakes ago . . ." (4)

I believe the answer is:

upon

(Other definitions for upon that I've seen before include "Thereafter" , ".... my word! I'm shocked" , "Straddling" , "Abreast of, au fait with" , "Immediately after" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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