Drink given to royal, almost packed, crying (7)

I believe the answer is:

tearful

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'crying' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drink given to royal almost packed' is the wordplay.
'drink given' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.).
'to royal' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'packed' becomes 'full' (synonyms).
'full' with its last letter taken off is 'ful'.
'tea'+'r'+'ful'='TEARFUL'

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(Other definitions for tearful that I've seen before include "emotional" , "Lachrimose" , "Lachrymose, blubbering" , "visibly distressed" , "Weepy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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