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Since under water request for medical aid.

indisposed?

We may need a clue here...

Gif

Ah, ILLITERATE fits:

Since ill, iterate request for medical aid.

Clue in post 78!

Assuming that was right, here's a new one:

If you're as brave a sinner on the outside, reach way! (8)

Playmate?

Ikkiterate it was indeed - well done Icy.

Sheesh, serve me right for texting and typing at the same time - illiterate.

Not playmate, sorry

I always remember my dad angrily confronting my headmaster, brandishing my latest school report: "Illiterate? Illiterate? He doesn't know the meaning of the word!"

AMPUTATE

If you're as brave as I am, put a tenner on the outsider, each way.

He does now

Amputate is correct, of course

When I saw the figure, son, my pest rips off my accountant (8)

(Not a great one, alas, but I'll give clues if it's too hard)

WHEN I SAW THE FIGURES ON MY Payslip onE STRIPS OFF MY ACCOUNTANT

However, I don't think ayslipon is a word.

If only!

You have got it in the right place though

It has to be something like that --

When I saw the figures on my pRINT I TORe strips . . . not that rintitor is a word either

I thought I had (I wanted to show off. )

Oh, yeez are gettin' closer - that's the right ending Recumbentman.