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What is hewed out and covered up? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

whitewashed

'covered up?' is the definition.
('whitewash' can be a synonym of 'cover up')

'what is hewed out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'what'+'is'+'hewed'='whatishewed'
'whatishewed' with letters rearranged gives 'WHITEWASHED'.

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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