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Unwell when engaged by Scottish bank, touch-type? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

braille

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'touch-type?' is the definition.
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'unwell when engaged by scottish bank' is the wordplay.
'unwell' becomes 'i'll' (similar in meaning).
'when engaged by scottish' becomes 'brae' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bank' indicates putting letters inside (outside letters create limits or banks).
'ill' inserted into 'brae' is 'BRAILLE'.

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(Other definitions for braille that I've seen before include "Touching letters" , "Bumps felt" , "Liberal (anag) - reading system" , "Raised text for the blind" , "Written language for the visually impaired" .)

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