| REVERENDS | Ministers always in tears (9) |
| REVEREND | Minister always intervening in split (8) |
| RESIDENTS | Dies horribly in tears for those in occupation (9) |
| DESPERATE | In deep and in tears - it's hopeless! (9) |
| RUBBISHES | Criticises bishops with one in tears (9) |
| PARENTAGE | Father in tears at time of birth (9) |
| SCINTILLA | Mite laid up, encased by cast, in tears (9) |
| PERMANENT | Constant exercises and chap's in tears, nearly (9) |
| TREASURES | Darlings certain to be in tears, unfortunately (9) |
| EURIPIDES | Writer of note you and I read ___ correspondence ends in tears! (9) |
| OVERLADEN | Too much to bear to read novel in tears (9) |
| LACRIMANS | In tears, weeping: flens, plorans |
| DESCRYING | Spotting some of the French in tears |
| LEDASTRAY | In tears, lady badly corrupted (3,6) |
| CROCODILE | Line of children, one appearing to be in tears? |
| GOESTOBED | Turns in tears finally get booed off (4,2,3) |
| REEXPANDS | With dad in tears, former partner makes business even bigger |
| BATTLECRY | Rousing slogan, but be in tears after fight (6,3) |
| MISPRINTS | Errors from backer not ending in tears (9) |
| OUTCRY | Protest in the open air ends in tears (6) |
