Husband trapped by murderer noticed weapon in horror (8)
I believe the answer is:
chainsaw
'weapon in horror' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'husband trapped by murderer noticed' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'trapped by' is an insertion indicator.
'murderer' becomes 'cain' (Cain who killed Abel).
'noticed' becomes 'saw' (I've seen this in another clue).
'h' going inside 'cain' is 'chain'.
'chain'+'saw'='CHAINSAW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chainsaw that I've seen before include "Power tool" , "powered device" , "Powered cutter" , "Timber cutter" , "woodcutter?" .)