The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YANKS
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More clues leading to the result YANKS
- Pulls folk across the Pond
- Tugs at last sadly sank at sea
- Trump’s lot jerks
- UK less united after no vote returned by Scots finally
- Tugs – many such found at Boston Harbor?
- N Americans are jerks!
- Tugs found on the other side of the Atlantic
- Americans’ strong pulls
- Animals assume name of Americans
- Snatches sneaky criminal scoring ecstasy
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What does YANKS mean?
YANKS noun- A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
- A masturbation session.
- To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
- To remove from distribution.
- A Yankee.