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Was sorry to have sounded rude (4)

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I believe the answer is:

rued

'was sorry' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sounded rude' is the wordplay.
'sounded' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'rude' sounds like 'RUED'.

'to have' is the link.

(Other definitions for rued that I've seen before include "Was contrite about" , "Bitterly regretted" , "'Regretted, repented (4)'" , "was remorseful" , "Was sorry" .)

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