Shed some tears

The crossword question requires the player to find a word that means ‘shed some tears‘. The answer to this question is WEPT. Wept is the past tense of the verb weep, which means to shed tears. Therefore, when someone has wept, it means that they have shed some tears. The use of past tense in the word wept, indicates that the act of shedding tears has already occurred or is in the past. This is why ‘shed some tears is WEPT‘ is an appropriate answer to the crossword question.