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3 results for TEARDROPS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Mar 27, 2022	17D	High-arcing shots, in basketball lingo	August Lee-Kovach
Tue Feb 3, 2015	20D	Things "on my guitar" in a 2008 Taylor Swift hit	Joe Krozel
Sat Jan 16, 2010	33D	They may fall when you're down	Ned White

3 results for TEARDROPS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 25, 1960	45D	Shape of some earrings.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Tue Oct 16, 1956	20A	Signs of sorrow.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Jan 17, 1953	36D	Manifestations of lamentation.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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