Grew older in attempt to produce Hamlet? (7)
I believe the answer is:
tragedy
'produce hamlet?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'grew older in attempt' is the wordplay.
'grew older' becomes 'aged' ('age' can be a synonym of 'grow older').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'aged' inserted inside 'try' is 'TRAGEDY'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tragedy that I've seen before include "shocking event" , "Terribly sad thing" , "Such a story ends unhappily" , "Sad story" , "Disaster - drama" .)