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Cry: cross by the sound of it? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mewl

'cry' is the definition.
(mewling is a kind of crying)

'cross by the sound of it?' is the wordplay.
'cross' becomes 'mule' (a mule is a cross of a donkey and a horse).
'by the sound of it?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'mule' is a homophone of 'MEWL'.

(Other definitions for mewl that I've seen before include "weakly cry" , "Animal noise" , "Make a whimpering noise" , "Cry feebly" , "Whimper (like a baby?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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