Surrounded by dreadful cost, I will be the one to endure hardship (5)
I believe the answer is:
stoic
'be the one to endure hardship' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'surrounded by dreadful cost i' is the wordplay.
'surrounded by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'dreadful' indicates an anagram.
'cost' is an anagram of 'stoc'.
'stoc' going around 'i' is 'STOIC'.
'will' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoic that I've seen before include "Greek in school" , "Long-suffering type; follower of Zeno" , "One who doesn't complain" , "Uncomplaining in suffering" , "Ancient philosopher" .)