Accusations made by city girl in tears (7)
I believe the answer is:
charges
'accusations' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Accusations of guilt ' mean 'charges' so perhaps 'accusations' could also mean 'charges')
'girl in tears' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'g'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'tears' becomes 'chares' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'g' placed inside 'chares' is 'CHARGES'.
'made by city' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for charges that I've seen before include "Formal accusations" , "Accusations of guilt" , "Expenses" , "Accuses" .)