The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WEPT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WEPT
- Partners with hands empty poet lamented
- Point at which we cried
- . Sobbed as first of wound’s evil pus trickled
- Was unhappy parking in the rain
- Shed tears seeing power grabbed by 4
- Shed tears seeing moderate Tory embracing party’s leader
- Cried quietly with rain around
- You and I having quiet time expressed sorrow
- Wife, incapable to scrub home, was in tears
- Moderate Tory claiming party leader was in tears
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The straight part
We know that "Shed tears" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shed tears = wept.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WEPT mean?
WEPT verb- To cry; shed tears.
- To lament; to complain.
- (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- To weep over; to bewail.