Rex's X-ray perhaps put in this private language (3,5)
?i? L?T?N
presumably second word is Latin
Comedy creator previosuly getting the bird (6)
g?d?i?...
a number seen with scaly psoriatic peeling (7)
C?i?p??
Original state of black dog found half wasted in scuttle (8)
?o?e?a?d
All help gratefully received...