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Tie into the moribund warmth (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

dead heat

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'tie' is the definition.
(dead heat is a kind of tie)

'the moribund warmth' is the wordplay.
'the moribund' becomes 'dead' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'warmth' becomes 'heat' (synonyms).
'dead'+'heat'='DEAD-HEAT'

'into' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dead heat that I've seen before include "Produce tie" , "A shared first place" , "Where runners are equal first" , "two are inseparable here" , "Tie for first place in race" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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