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What man needs to cope

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I believe the answer is:

age

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'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.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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