Cracked lips, tender perhaps (10)
I believe the answer is:
splintered
'cracked' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'lips tender perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'lips'+'tender'='lipstender'
'lipstender' anagrammed gives 'SPLINTERED'.
(Other definitions for splintered that I've seen before include "Fragmented" , "carpenter's fingers may be?" , "Shattered" .)