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Items of cut glass? Shed tears, booth having only one left (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crystal

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'items of cut glass?' is the definition.

'one left' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'crysta' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'crysta'+'l'='CRYSTAL'

'shed tears booth having only' is the link.
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(Other definitions for crystal that I've seen before include "Clear mineral, eg, quartz" , "Glass-like quartz" , "Clear material such as quartz" , "Cut-glass" , "Globe for the fortune-teller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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