Ticket-less passenger’s vacation interrupted by Washington drowning in a cry of anguish (8)
I believe the answer is:
stowaway
'cry of anguish' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'ticket-less passenger's vacation interrupted by washington drowning in a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'away' (synonyms) and 'away' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'stow' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stowaway that I've seen before include "One hiding on board" , "Hider on board" , "Non-paying passenger" , "Illicit passenger on boat, plane etc" , "One hiding on ship" .)