He cried all the way to the bank (8)
I believe the answer is:
liberace
'the bank' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'he cried all the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand 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 present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the 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" .)