Possible Clues:

• Exceed one's limit concerning tie
• Finished the lottery - go into the red
• Inflate an account maybe - or unduly reduce one
• Have trouble with one's balance
• So to be above the ward back there is enough to make you see red
• So to sketch too much only makes things red
• Ring minister back - doctor wants a direction to use chequebook excessively
• Make a bank goof
• Take too many Scrabble tiles, e.g.
• Add detail too thickly, so unbalance one's account