He cried all the way to the bank (8)
I believe the answer is:
liberace
'the bank' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'he cried all the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ber' and 'ber' is located in the answer.
'way' could be 'l' (abbreviation for left) and 'l' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for liberace that I've seen before include "Be a relic (anag) - pianist" , "US pianist entertainer" , "Flamboyant American pianist" , "Flamboyant twentieth century US pianist" , "Twentieth century American piano-playing entertainer" .)