Tree to cry about spicy soups (6)

I believe the answer is:

gumbos

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'spicy soups' is the definition.
'gumbos' can be an answer for 'soups' (gumbo is a kind of soup). I am not certain of the 'spicy' bit.

'tree to cry' is the wordplay.
'tree' becomes 'gum' (gum is a kind of tree).
'to cry' becomes 'bos' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gum'+'bos'='GUMBOS'

'about' acts as a link.

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