| BREAKING | "Marie, the dawn is ...; Marie, you'll soon be waking; To find your heart is aching; And tears will |
| SMILE | What you should do though your heart is aching, according to Charlie Chaplin |
| PALM | Where to find your heart line |
| BANGKOK | Thai city in which the Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) is found |
| THEDEAD | Words that follow Waking to give the title of a BBC crime series that ran from 2000 until 2011 (3,4) |
| ISAT | "My body's aching and my time ___ hand" (James Taylor line) |
| TASER | Doubtful tears will stop you in your tracks (5) |
| TREASON | No tears will compensate for such a treacherous act (7) |
| HAIRRESTORER | If it's successful, you'll soon have to part again (4,8) |
| LISA | Simpson whose middle name is Marie |
| LULU | Scottish singer whose real name is Marie Lawrie (4) |
| ASKFORIT | Make a bed that you'll soon lie in |
| AFTER | Bing Crosby sang, "Many a heart is aching if you could read them all; Many the hopes that have vanished ... the ball" |
| SEATCUSHION | It needs to be thicker for more comfort, but will soon be trimmed when speed is needed. (4,7) |
| VOW | Connie Francis asked, "Who's sorry now, who's sorry now? Whose heart is aching for breaking each ...? Who's sad and blue, who's crying too? Just like I cried over you" |
| MARIANASTRENCH | "Rhythm Of Your heart" is the new single by what Canadian band?: 2 wds. |
| PAL | 'Your heart is true, you're a ___ and a confidant' |
| LATER | Figure a tear will be shed in the days to come (5) |
| OPERATE | A variation on Poe writings? A tear will be shed when they do that in the theatre (7) |
| ELIZABETHII | The airport in Le Touquet, France, will soon be renamed after this Englishwoman, who vacationed at the seaside town as a young woman |
