It could be dramatic when Liberal interferes in wages (4)
I believe the answer is:
play
'wages' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'it could be dramatic when liberal interferes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'liberal' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'be' could be 'pay' (paying is a kind of being) and 'pay' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for play that I've seen before include "Portray in a drama" , "Stage drama" , "Make sport" , "Frolic" , "Freedom of movement" .)