Dodgy case of wind gripping one (8)
I believe the answer is:
mistrial
'wind gripping one' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'dodgy case' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' becomes 'mis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'case' becomes 'trial' (court case).
'mis'+'trial'='MISTRIAL'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mistrial that I've seen before include "Invalid court procedure" , "Invalid hearing" , "Court proceedings gone wrong" , "legal process going wrong" , "damaged hearing?" .)