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Compassion makes me cry perhaps (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mercy

'compassion' is the definition.
(I know that mercy is a type of compassion)

'me cry perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'cry' is an anagram of 'rcy'.
'me'+'rcy'='MERCY'

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mercy that I've seen before include "Leniency and compassion towards offenders" , "Pity" , "Forbearance" , "Compassion or forgiveness" , "Shakespeare 'The quality of . . . . . is not strained'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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