Sign of sorrow

The answer

TEARS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEARS answer page.

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TEAR (46 uses in xd)
• TEARDROP (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEARS

Every other clue in this collection answered by TEARS, most used first.

• Eye drops - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Rips - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Signs of sorrow - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Rips (up) - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Glum drops - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• In __; weeping - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Pulls apart - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Salty drops - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Signs of sadness - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Crocodile __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeper's drops - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Origami mishaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Waterworks - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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• Studio sign - ONAIR, used 154 times
• Door sign - ENTER, used 135 times
• Sign up - ENROL, used 124 times
• Sign of spring - ARIES, used 99 times
• Zodiac sign - ARIES, used 80 times
• TV studio sign - ONAIR, used 57 times

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