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Liable to slip up with account I had open, rent going astray (8,5)

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I believe the answer is:

accident-prone

'liable to slip up' is the definition.

'account i had open rent going astray' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'acc'.
'i had' becomes 'id' (I'd).
'going astray' indicates an anagram.
'open'+'rent'='openrent'
'openrent' with letters rearranged gives 'entprone'.
'acc'+'id'+'entprone'='ACCIDENT-PRONE'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for accident-prone that I've seen before include "With a Tendency to suffer misfortune" , "Given to misadventure" , "Unusually susceptible to mishaps" , "Liable to have mishaps" , "Susceptible to mishap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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