Dwellers show tears around the side (9)
I believe the answer is:
residents
'dwellers' is the definition.
(resident is a kind of dweller)
'tears around the side' is the wordplay.
'tears' becomes 'rents' ('rent' can be a synonym of 'tear').
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'rents' placed around 'side' is 'RESIDENTS'.
'show' is the link.
(Other definitions for residents that I've seen before include "doctors" , "folk living down the road?" , "Lodgers" .)