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Strangely Abraham went to no hospital for bug (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

water boatman

'bug' is the definition.
(type of insect)

'strangely abraham went to no hospital' is the wordplay.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'abraham'+'went'+'to'='abrahamwentto'
'abrahamwentto' with 'h' removed is 'abraamwentto'.
'abraamwentto' is an anagram of 'WATER-BOATMAN'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for water boatman that I've seen before include "Aquatic insect" , "Carnivorous aquatic bug" , "Floating insect" , "Pond-skimming insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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