14 Across(6, 6)
Pop singer’s ill – lie about swallowing pill in trashed Ibis hotel (6,6)
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Answer: BILLIEEILISH | Wordplay: ILL, from the clue, + an anagram (about) of LIE round (swallowing) E (pill), all in an anagram (trashed) of IBIS + H (hotel)
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