Maybe Amber is to cry with love and longing (9)
I believe the answer is:
yellowish
'maybe amber' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'is to cry with love and longing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'is' is found in the answer.
'cry' could be 'yell' (synonyms) and 'yell' is found within the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yellowish that I've seen before include "Rather pale" , "A little off-colour" , "Buff" , "Similar to the colour of an egg yolk" , "somewhat lacking in courage?" .)