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Storm have not forsaken victory in season (2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on heat

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'forsaken victory in season' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'storm have not' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'have' could be 'eat' (eating is a kind of having) and 'eat' is found within the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for on heat that I've seen is " ready for mates?".)

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