| JAGS | Bouts of crying or spending |
| JAG | Bout of crying or drinking |
| SOBS | Boss causes bouts of crying |
| CLEANSWEEP | Total victory wipes away bout of crying (5,5) |
| HYSTERICS | Fits of uncontrollable crying (or laughing) (9) |
| BOOHOO | Sound of pretend crying or sobbing (6) |
| RETRENCH | To lower costs or spending because of economic difficulty (8) |
| SPREE | Word after "shopping" or "spending" |
| RESPONDING | Retaliating, or spending unwisely (10) |
| SELFCARE | Meditation or spending time in nature, e.g. |
| CRYBABY | One given to frequent crying or complaint (7) |
| TEARFUL | Crying or inclined to cry (7) |
| INTEARS | Crying ... or laughing hysterically |
| RETD | Finally fixing up the boat or spending more time with the grandkids, say: Abbr. |
| CATHARSIS | It might be achieved by crying or hitting a punching bag |
| SPREES | Likely from the Scottish meaning "plundered cattle" and Latin "bounty, spoils", bouts of overindulgence or extravagance in drinking, shopping, spending etc; or, merry frolics (6) |
| MIGRAINES | Word, from Greek for "half skull", for throbbing bouts of cephalalgia, typically affecting one side of the head; or, lowness of one's spirits (9) |
| ROMPS | Groups of playing otters; bouts of boisterousness; easy victories; or, light-hearted films (5) |
| STINTS | People's turns of work or sandpipers' bouts of wading, e.g. (6) |
| MOODS | Sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness (5) |
