Failed Attempt by Wiglaf

Puzzle explanation

Answers to the definition clues are all palindromic. Extra letters from wordplay spelt out “As I pee, Sir, I see Eiffel”, a failed attempt at a palindrome, which would be fixed by changing Eiffel to Pisa. PISA appears as a “leaning tower” in the grid.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Definitions
a REVIVER  
b STATS  
c DEIFIED  
d MALAYALAM  
e ROTAVATOR  
f TENET  
Across
6 STRAP SATRAP − A
9 ECHO E[A]CH + O
10 OLIVE OIL homophone of OLIVE OYL
11 CERULEAN U in CLEANER *
12 R.E.M. RE + M[S]
13 ALPS L[I]P in AS
15 PEATY PEA + TY[P](e)
19 POLSKA LOP < + SKA
20 REPAID REPAIR[E]D − R
21 IMARET [E]MIRATE *
22 AVATAR AVA[S]T + AR
24 MEATY TEA * in MY
26 EWER SEWER − S
27 RAI (a)R(t) [I](s) A (h)I(p)
28 ACTIVIST ACT I + VIST(a)
30 ANATHEMA (P)ANAMA around THE
31 BATE B[R]EAT(h) *
32 TEMSE (i)TEMS E(xchanged)
Down
1 DECREPIT CITED * around P[I]ER <
2 ECCE HOMO HOME * in (EC + CO)
3 FORAY FORTY with A for T
4 IOU [S]IOU(x)
5 DIES IRAE DIES + A in [E]IRE
7 AIRT IRAT[E] *
8 PLAY P[E] + LAY
14 LIKELY LIKE + Y[I]L(l) <
15 PREVUE P + REV + (n)U(d)E
16 CATHETER THE[F]T in RACE *
17 CIABATTE CIA + BAT + T(h)E
18 ADROITER ([F]LORA TRIED) * − L
23 ORIBI BIRO < + I
24 MOAT TOM[E] < around A
25 ERNE [L]ERNE
29 VAV A in (V V)
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