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Made a heap, like the piper round the corner (5)

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I believe the answer is:

piled

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'made a heap' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'like the piper round the corner' is the wordplay.
'like the piper' becomes 'pied-' (I've seen this in another clue).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'the corner' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pied' going around 'l' is 'PILED'.

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(Other definitions for piled that I've seen before include "Heaped" , "put in a heap" , "Arranged in stacks" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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