Hitchcock's classic film content reflected offbeat frenzy with no end of grief (8)
I believe the answer is:
lifeboat
'end of grief' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'hitchcock's classic film content reflected offbeat frenzy with no' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'content' could be 'life' (life is a kind of content) and 'life' is found in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lifeboat that I've seen before include "needed if ship sinks" , "saver, in the main" , "I bet loaf on maritime rescue vessel" , "Rescuer" , "Small vessel designed to help people at sea" .)