What man needs to cope
I believe the answer is:
age
'cope' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for age that I've seen before include "Grow older" , "Plenty of time" , "Years since birth" , "it improves wine" , "Years lived so far" .)