Drink intended for audience gets cold? (7)
I believe the answer is:
ailment
'cold?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'drink intended for audience' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'ail' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'intended' becomes 'meant' (meaning is a kind of intending).
'for audience' shows a homophone (sound like).
'meant' sounds like 'ment'.
'ail'+'ment'='AILMENT'
'gets' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ailment that I've seen before include "Physical disorder" , "Tim Alen has an odd indisposition." , "Minor illness" , "Malady" , "I lament (anag.)" .)