A cry rose in passage
I believe the answer is:
alley
'passage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a cry rose' is the wordplay.
'cry' becomes 'yell' (synonyms).
'rose' says the letters should be written backwards.
'yell' in reverse letter order is 'lley'.
'a'+'lley'='ALLEY'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for alley that I've seen before include "Narrow passageway" , "Back lane" , "Narrow passage" , "space in US court" , "Passage between houses, perhaps" .)