Drool about nude endlessly in competitive environment (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
snake pit
'drool' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'nude endlessly in competitive environment' is the wordplay.
'nude' becomes 'naked' (synonyms).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'competitive environment' becomes 'spit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'naked' with its last letter taken away is 'nake'.
'nake' inserted within 'spit' is 'SNAKE-PIT'.
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snake pit that I've seen before include "Place characterised by disordered relationships; take nips (anag.)" , "Nest of reptiles" , "Skin tape (anag.)" , "reptile house?" , "Neat skip (anag) - place of ruthless competition" .)