Boy granted endless dole? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ladle
'dole?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'boy granted endless' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'granted' becomes 'let' (both can mean allowed).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'let' with its final letter taken away is 'le'.
'lad'+'le'='LADLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladle that I've seen before include "It's used to serve soup" , "Scoop" , "Large deep spoon for serving soup" , "give out" , "one in 10 [GRUEL] ?" .)