I start to cry, overwhelmed by thrashing saviour suffered for another (9)
I believe the answer is:
vicarious
'saviour suffered for another' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'i start to cry overwhelmed by thrashing' is the wordplay.
'start to' suggests taking the first letters.
'overwhelmed by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters get absorbed or overwhelmed).
'thrashing' becomes 'various' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'cry' is 'c'.
'i'+'c'='ic'
'ic' put inside 'various' is 'VICARIOUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vicarious that I've seen before include "Acting for another" , "Standing in for another" , "Indirect" , "Acting for others" , "Replacing another" .)