What the cloakroom attendant did, you say: accepted blame (4,3,3)

I believe the answer is:

took the rap

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'what the cloakroom attendant did you' is the definition.
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'accepted blame' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'took' (I've seen this before).
'blame' becomes 'the rap' (someone blamed for something 'takes the rap').
'took'+'therap'='TOOK THE RAP'

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