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Tradesman bursts into tears (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stationer

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

'bursts into tears' is the wordplay.
'bursts' indicates an anagram.
'into'+'tears'='intotears'
'intotears' is an anagram of 'STATIONER'.

(Other definitions for stationer that I've seen before include "Writing-materials shop" , "bookseller" , "I supply rulers: for example" , "Retailer of writing materials etc" , "has what writer needs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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