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YAO
Ming of the NBA
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is O
The 2nd letter is A
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YAP
Chihuahua comment
3
The 2nd letter is A
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is P
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YAPAT
Pester, puppy-style
5
The 4th letter is A
The 3rd letter is P
The 5th letter is T
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YAPS
Sounds from pounds
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is P
The 2nd letter is A
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YARD
Stick length
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is R
The 4th letter is D
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YARNS
Colorful stories
5
The 4th letter is N
The 3rd letter is R
The 1st letter is Y
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YARNS
Colorful stories
5
The 4th letter is N
The 3rd letter is R
The 1st letter is Y
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YAT
Sun ___-sen
3
The 3rd letter is T
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is A
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YATES
David who directed the final four Harry Potter films
5
The 2nd letter is A
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is E
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YAW
Kin of pitch and roll
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is W
The 2nd letter is A
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YAW
Plane's twist
3
The 3rd letter is W
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is A
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YAWL
Cutter's kin
4
The 3rd letter is W
The 2nd letter is A
The 4th letter is L
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YAWN
Low interest indicator
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is N
The 3rd letter is W
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YAWNS
They accompany big stretches
5
The 4th letter is N
The 5th letter is S
The 2nd letter is A
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YDS
NFL units
3
The 2nd letter is D
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
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YDS
QBs pass for them
3
The 2nd letter is D
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
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YEA
House vote
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is A
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YEAH
You bet!
4
The 4th letter is H
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is A
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YEAH
Triumphant cry
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is H
The 3rd letter is A
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YEAR
Class ring inscription
4
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is A
The 4th letter is R
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YEARS
Junior and senior
5
The 4th letter is R
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is A
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YEARS
Millennium makeup
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 5th letter is S
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YEAST
Brewer's need
5
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
The 5th letter is T
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YEATS
The Lake Isle of Innisfree poet
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 5th letter is S
The 3rd letter is A
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YEATS
Irish poet/playwright
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is T
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YEE
___-haw!
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is E
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YELL
Compete with the din
4
The 4th letter is L
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is L
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YELLAT
Chew out loudly
6
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is L
The 4th letter is L
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YELLED
Made a call
6
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is L
The 3rd letter is L
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YELLOW
Pusillanimous
6
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is L
The 2nd letter is E
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YELLS
Hollers
5
The 5th letter is S
The 3rd letter is L
The 1st letter is Y
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YELLS
Makes a long-distance call
5
The 3rd letter is L
The 5th letter is S
The 4th letter is L
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YELP
Crowdsourced review site
4
The 3rd letter is L
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
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YELP
TripAdvisor rival
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is L
The 2nd letter is E
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YEMEN
Nation south of Saudi Arabia
5
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is E
The 5th letter is N
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YEMEN
Neighbor of 60-Down
5
The 5th letter is N
The 3rd letter is M
The 4th letter is E
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YEN
Aluminum coin
3
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is N
The 1st letter is Y
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YEN
Ginza currency
3
The 3rd letter is N
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
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YEN
Kyoto currency
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is N
The 2nd letter is E
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YEN
Nikkei Index unit
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is N
The 2nd letter is E
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YEN
Third-most traded currency
3
The 3rd letter is N
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
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YENS
Desires
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is S
The 2nd letter is E
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YENS
Strong desires
4
The 3rd letter is N
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is S
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YENTAS
Your business is their business
6
The 3rd letter is N
The 4th letter is T
The 5th letter is A
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YEOW
Gadzooks!
4
The 4th letter is W
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is O
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YEPS
Informal okays
4
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
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YER
Aw, quit ___ bellyachin'
3
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is R
The 1st letter is Y
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YER
___ out! (home plate call)
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is R
The 2nd letter is E
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YES
Agreeable response
3
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
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YES
Jubilant shout
3
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is S
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YES
Simple survey choice
3
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
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YES
Triumphant cry
3
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
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YES
Word on a Ouija board
3
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is S
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YESIAM
1993 Melissa Etheridge album
6
The 4th letter is I
The 2nd letter is E
The 5th letter is A
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YESITIS
Flip side of "Ticket to Ride"
7
The 6th letter is I
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
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YESM
Polite reply to a lady
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is M
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YESM
Reply to a schoolmarm
4
The 4th letter is M
The 2nd letter is E
The 3rd letter is S
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YESMAAM
Respectful words
7
The 2nd letter is E
The 5th letter is A
The 4th letter is M
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YESMEN
Corporate sycophants
6
The 6th letter is N
The 5th letter is E
The 4th letter is M
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YESNO
Kind of question
5
The 5th letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is S
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YESORNO
Make up your mind!
7
The 2nd letter is E
The 4th letter is O
The 5th letter is R
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YET
All the same
3
The 3rd letter is T
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is E
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YET
Nevertheless
3
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is T
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YET
Thus far
3
The 3rd letter is T
The 2nd letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
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YETI
Apocryphal mountain climber
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is I
The 3rd letter is T
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YGOR
Bela Lugosi's "Son of Frankenstein" role
4
The 4th letter is R
The 3rd letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
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YIELD
Word on a triangular sign
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 5th letter is D
The 3rd letter is E
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YIPE
Holy moly!
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is P
The 2nd letter is I
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YMA
Sumac of Peru
3
The 2nd letter is M
The 3rd letter is A
The 1st letter is Y
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YMCAS
Sites of some CPR lessons
5
The 3rd letter is C
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is A
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YMIR
Giant killed by Odin and his brothers
4
The 4th letter is R
The 2nd letter is M
The 1st letter is Y
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YNNEPANTE
Small-time
9
The 4th letter is E
The 9th letter is E
The 1st letter is Y
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YODA
Always in motion is the future speaker
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is O
The 3rd letter is D
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YODA
Size matters not speaker
4
The 3rd letter is D
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is A
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YODA
Space sage
4
The 3rd letter is D
The 2nd letter is O
The 4th letter is A
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YODELS
Look-alikes of Ho Hos
6
The 6th letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is O
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YOGA
Bikram Choudhury's practice
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is G
The 2nd letter is O
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YOGI
1950s teammate of Mickey and Whitey
4
The 3rd letter is G
The 4th letter is I
The 1st letter is Y
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YOKED
Like ox teams
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is K
The 4th letter is E
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YOKEL
Hayseed
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 5th letter is L
The 3rd letter is K
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YORBA
___ Linda, California
5
The 3rd letter is R
The 2nd letter is O
The 4th letter is B
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YOS
Informal greetings
3
The 2nd letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
The 3rd letter is S
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YOST
Royals manager Ned
4
The 4th letter is T
The 2nd letter is O
The 3rd letter is S
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YOU
One of us
3
The 3rd letter is U
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is O
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YOUALL
Southern address
6
The 6th letter is L
The 1st letter is Y
The 5th letter is L
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YOUF
Go ahead
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is F
The 3rd letter is U
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YOUGAME
Up for it?
7
The 5th letter is A
The 7th letter is E
The 2nd letter is O
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YOUR
Who's ___ daddy?
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is O
The 3rd letter is U
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YOUR
Part of MYOB
4
The 3rd letter is U
The 2nd letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
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YOURAT
Rebuke to a snitch
6
The 5th letter is A
The 2nd letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
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YOURENOGOOD
1975 #1 hit for Linda Ronstadt
11
The 5th letter is E
The 2nd letter is O
The 9th letter is O
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YOUSEE
Understand?
6
The 4th letter is S
The 6th letter is E
The 3rd letter is U
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YOUTHHOST
Slumber party VIP?
9
The 2nd letter is O
The 7th letter is O
The 6th letter is H
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YOWIE
That's really hot!
5
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is O
The 5th letter is E
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YOWL
Wailing cry
4
The 2nd letter is O
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is L
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YOYO
It has its ups and downs
4
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is O
The 2nd letter is O
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YRS
Cent. parts
3
The 3rd letter is S
The 1st letter is Y
The 2nd letter is R
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YUGO
Bygone European auto
4
The 3rd letter is G
The 1st letter is Y
The 4th letter is O
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YULE
What 26-Across saves for
4
The 2nd letter is U
The 3rd letter is L
The 1st letter is Y
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YULETIDE
Present time?
8
The 5th letter is T
The 2nd letter is U
The 1st letter is Y