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National dead heat reported (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thai

'national' is the definition.
('Thai' is an example)

'dead heat reported' is the wordplay.
'dead heat' becomes 'tie' (I've seen this before).
'reported' shows a homophone (sound like).
'tie' is a homophone of 'THAI'.

(Other definitions for thai that I've seen before include "Coming from Bangkok?" , "Native of Southeast Asia" , "is concerned with an eastern country" , "eastern language" , "nationality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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