Time Machine Error after Rebooting a Cloned Image

I am using the Lion operating system and yesterday, I downloaded and installed CC Cloner as an adjunct to my regular Time Machine backups. Each of these go to separate External Drives. Once I had made the initial clone of my Mac, I tested it as suggested by rebooting into the clone to make sure it worked. It ran just fine, but Time Machine fired up and started doing a backup while it was going. I shut TM down and then shut my Mac down and rebooted back to the internal main drive.
Now I have an error message from TM which says:
"Files can’t be copied onto the backup disk because it appears to be read-only." -- It shows the last completed TM backup being the one completed previously on my main drive.
I see in Finder there is a later backup started, but it shows ".inProgress"  -- This is undoubtedly the aborted backup started when I booted my clone.
When I go into Options in TM preferences, it does not show my iMac main drive.
I have ejected all external media including the drive I keep my TM backups on and then rebooted and reattached this drive and restarted TM, but the same error appears.
I'm afraid to do anything without some insight, as I don't want to screw up my backups any more than I have! Can I just delete the .inProgress backup? Should I do this from within TM?
I have looked over Pondini's various troubleshooting tips, but didn't see a scenario quite like mine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have no idea how Apple could make TM so cantankerous, & Pondini has done a suberb job at covering about everything TM wise!
I've personally given up on TM & only use CCC or Tri-Backup, because even if TM seems to be working right... when time comes to restore,,, it may very well fail miserably.

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