Friend stifling a tear will get such responsibilities (8)
I believe the answer is:
parental
'such responsibilities' is the definition.
(as in parental responsibilities )
'friend stifling a tear' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend).
'stifling' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tear' becomes 'rent' (synonyms).
'a'+'rent'='arent'
'pal' enclosing 'arent' is 'PARENTAL'.
'will get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for parental that I've seen before include "like mum and dad" , "Of mother and/or father" , "of father, perhaps" , "of some older relatives" , "Relating to mother and father" .)