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Shopkeeper burst into tears (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stationer

'shopkeeper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'burst into tears' is the wordplay.
'burst' indicates an anagram.
'into'+'tears'='intotears'
'intotears' with letters rearranged gives 'STATIONER'.

(Other definitions for stationer that I've seen before include "bookseller" , "source of writing materials" , "Retailer of writing materials etc" , "Seller of writing materials" , "Seller of paper, pens, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Times and The Telegraph.
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