Type of weather when no one is a winner
I believe the answer is:
dead heat
'type of weather' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'when no one is a winner' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'when' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dead heat that I've seen before include "Equality in finish of race" , "Racing tie" , "Race in which no winner is apparent" , "no decisive result" , "Tied race result" .)