### Clue: Chap in south-east leaving hospital – dirty old man's victim (9)
### Answer: SCAPEGOAT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: victim
  CAP{"chap" **minus**(leaving) "h"(abbrev. for hospital)} **contained in**(in) SE(abbrev. for $$s$$outh-$$e$$ast) + GOAT(a dirty old man).