The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ZOOMS
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More clues leading to the result ZOOMS
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We know that "tears" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tears = zooms.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ZOOMS mean?
ZOOMS verb- To communicate with someone using the Zoom videoconferencing software.
- A humming noise from something moving very fast
- A quick ascent
- A big increase
- An augmentation of a view
- To move fast with a humming noise
- To fly an airplane straight up
- To move rapidly
- To go up sharply
- To change the focal length of a zoom lens
- (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it