He makes us cry (5)

I believe the answer is:

cyrus

'he' is the definition.

'makes us cry' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'us'+'cry'='uscry'
'uscry' anagrammed gives 'CYRUS'.

(Other definitions for cyrus that I've seen before include "Early Persian ruler" , "Great Persian king" , "American chap?" , "Ancient king of Persia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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