Cry uttered when the table broke? (5)
I believe the answer is:
bleat
'cry' is the definition.
(bleat is a kind of cry)
'table broke?' is the wordplay.
'broke?' indicates an anagram.
'table' anagrammed gives 'BLEAT'.
'uttered when the' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bleat that I've seen before include "Cry (like a sheep?)" , "Cry like a goat" , "Sound made by goat" , "Cry plaintively" , "Cry of a sheep or calf" .)