Cry about right fight (5)
I believe the answer is:
brawl
'fight' is the definition.
(brawl is a kind of fight)
'cry about right' is the wordplay.
'cry' becomes 'bawl' ('bawl' can be a synonym of 'cry'**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'bawl' placed around 'r' is 'BRAWL'.
(Other definitions for brawl that I've seen before include "Riotous fight" , "Melee" , "Scuffle, unseemly fight" , "Noisy quarrel" , "Ruckus" .)