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yabber (13 points)
Gossip, to an Aussie
Chatter, in Queensland
Conversation, in Sydney
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
yachts (14 points)
Blue blood vessels (wordplay)
Act shy (anagram)
Vessels for cruises (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yacked (16 points)
Talked incessantly and tiresomely
Threw up
Gossiped with you in the past over account given to Kathleen Duke
Y·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yaffed (16 points)
Yaff
Y·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yagers (10 points)
Birds of the gull family variable
Birds of the gull family Var.
German riflemen.
Y·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yahoos (12 points)
Swift denizens (wordplay)
Swift characters (wordplay)
Brutes in "Gulliver's Travels"
Y·4+A·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yairds (10 points)
Yaird
Y·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yakked (18 points)
Wouldn't stop talking
Went on and on
Had a gabfest
Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
yakker (17 points)
Loquacious sort
Gossipy one
Chatterbox
Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
yamens (11 points)
Chinese government offices
Mandarins' residences.
Chinese offices
Y·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yammer (13 points)
My mare, mistaken for yak (wordplay)
Lament about maiden can go heavenward
Run off at the mouth
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
yamuns (11 points)
Yamun
Y·4+A·1+M·3+U·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yanked (14 points)
Pulled a fast one (wordplay)
Pulled with a jerk
Removed, as a tooth
Y·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yanqui (18 points)
American, in South America
U.S. citizen, to Latin Americans
You or I, to Fidel
Y·4+A·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1 = 18 pts
yantra (9 points)
A diagram used in meditation
Y·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1 = 9 pts
yapock (17 points)
""The South American opossum, also YAPOK""
Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 17 pts
yapoks (15 points)
Yapok
Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 15 pts
yapons (11 points)
Yapon
Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yapped (14 points)
Went on and on
Went 'blah-blah-blah'
Would. Not. Shut. Up.
Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yapper (13 points)
Ear-piercing pooch
Chihuahua, for example
One who can't stop talking
Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
yarded (11 points)
Confined to quarters
Kept in an enclosure.
Surrounded by lawn
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
yarely (12 points)
In a nimble manner
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
yarest (9 points)
Easiest to maneuver
Easiest to move
Most dexterous
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
yarned (10 points)
All told, this may be threaded, perhaps
Narrated in woolly way (wordplay)
Told tales of adventure
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yarner (9 points)
One who tells stories
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yarrow (12 points)
Creeping plant (milfoil)
Folk singer Peter of Peter, Paul & Mary
Strong-scented plant
Y·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
yasmak (15 points)
""A veil worn by Muslim women, also YASHMAK, YASHMAC""
Y·4+A·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+K·5 = 15 pts
yatter (9 points)
Chatter incessantly (Scots)
Scottish word for persistent talking
Scottish word for tiresome chatter
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yauped (12 points)
Yaup
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
yauper (11 points)
Noisy canine
Squawker
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
yaupon (11 points)
Type of holly
Southern holly
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
yautia (9 points)
Potato's tropical American relative
Y·4+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
yawing (13 points)
Faulty sailing (wordplay)
Ship's unsteady action
Turning about the vertical
Y·4+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yawled (13 points)
Emitted long, loud cries
Leaders of expedition desperately trapped under boat screamed
Y·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yawned (13 points)
Gaped, with tiredness (wordplay)
Was about to nod, maybe
Showed disinterest, maybe
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yawner (12 points)
Hardly a moving picture (wordplay)
What a bore!
Show that's bo-o-oring
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
yawped (15 points)
Talked loudly Slang.
Talked loudly: Slang.
Yelled obnoxiously
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
yawper (14 points)
One who cries out
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
yclept (13 points)
Named, to Shakespeare
Called, of old
Named, to Milton or Spenser
Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
yeaned (10 points)
Bore young, as a sheep.
Yes, Edward, the sheep has lambed
Had a little lamb
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yearly (12 points)
Checkup frequency, perhaps
Every May, say
Every September, say
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
yearns (9 points)
Has a longing (for)
Is homesick, say
'Craves, longs for (6)'
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yeasts (9 points)
Raising agents, sayest thou (wordplay)
Expansion agents of sorts
They build up spirits
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yeasty (12 points)
Like fresh bread, perhaps
Causing a rise (wordplay)
Rum, say, yet bubbly
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
yecchs (16 points)
Yecch
Y·4+E·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 16 pts
yeelin (9 points)
""An animal over one but not two, also YEARLING""
Y·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
yelled (10 points)
Had a wail of a time (wordplay)
Sang along at a concert, perhaps
Gave a cheer
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yeller (9 points)
Cheerleader, for one.
Film dog (with "Old")
Disney film dog (with "Old")
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yellow (12 points)
The yoke, say, of a rainbow
Colour of a corn-fed chicken (wordplay)
Canary unlike a lion (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
yelped (12 points)
(Dog) cried in pain
Protested like a Pomeranian
Deeply affected, let out a scream
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
yelper (11 points)
Pomeranian, for one
One choosing the restaurant, maybe
Distressed dog, for example
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
yenned (10 points)
Had a longing (for)
Longed (for) Slang.
Felt a longing
Y·4+E·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yentas (9 points)
Silver meddlers (wordplay)
Grapevine starters (wordplay)
Members of the meddle class (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yentes (9 points)
'Fiddler' matchmaker and namesakes
Fiddler matchmaker and namesakes
"Fiddler" matchmaker and namesakes
Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yeoman (11 points)
One may (anagram)
. . . . . . of the Guard (operetta)
Beefeater, for one
Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
yeomen (11 points)
You people of the guard!
Royal servants (hist.)
- - of the Guard (G&S)
Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
yerbas (11 points)
Herbs for making mate.
Mate and buena
Certain herbs
Y·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yerked (14 points)
Yerk
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yessed (10 points)
Played the sycophant
Agreed with everyone.
Echoed same sentiments.
Y·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yesses (9 points)
Green lights (var.)
Plays the toady, perhaps
Words from a toady
Y·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yester (9 points)
Of a recent time (arch.)
"Day" or "year" attachment
Prefix for day or year.
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yeuked (14 points)
Yeuk
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yields (10 points)
Gives in (to)
Surrenders as harvests (wordplay)
Harvests from seeds, say
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yipped (14 points)
Reacted to the mail carrier, perhaps
Made a little bark
Barked, in a way
Y·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yippee (13 points)
Exclamation of wild delight (colloq.)
Wow! I won!
I'm having SUCH a good time!
Y·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
yippie (13 points)
1960s activist Jerry Rubin, for one
Abbie Hoffman party member
Abbie Hoffman was one
Y·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts
yirred (10 points)
Yirr
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
yirths (12 points)
Yirth
Y·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yobbos (13 points)
Louts (colloq.)
Young louts
Hooligans, ruffians
Y·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yocked (16 points)
Yock
Y·4+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yodels (10 points)
Hits a high note (wordplay)
Calls from on high (wordplay)
Peak performances (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yodled (11 points)
Yodle
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
yodler (10 points)
Swiss singer variable
Alpine feature.
Warbler Var.
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
yodles (10 points)
Alpine calls
Warbles.
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogees (10 points)
Yogee
Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogini (10 points)
Female practising yoga
Hindu spiritual teacher
Woman who practices a discipline
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+I·1 = 10 pts
yogins (10 points)
Indian ascetics.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogurt (10 points)
Lunchtime snack, perhaps
Cultured thing to eat (wordplay)
Cultural food (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 10 pts
yoicks (15 points)
Fox-hunting cry.
Fox-hunter's cry
Outcry of those who join the chase
Y·4+O·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 15 pts
yokels (13 points)
Sticks figures (wordplay)
Cletus and kin on "The Simpsons"
Li'l Abner and Clem Kadiddlehopper
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yoking (14 points)
Readying the oxen
Getting the oxen ready
Joining army, finally agreeing
Y·4+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
yolked (14 points)
Like eggs
Joined together to secure plate containing nutrient
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
yonder (10 points)
Down the road a bit, say
Who is he, that peasant (wordplay)
That peasant, who is he (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
yonker (13 points)
A young gentleman
Y·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
youngs (10 points)
Malcolm and Angus from AC/DC
Gig and Brigham
Neil, Robert and Sean
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
youpon (11 points)
A shrub
Y·4+O·1+U·1+P·3+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
youths (12 points)
Teens, say
Gen Zers, for example
Teens and adolescents
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yowies (12 points)
Yowie
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yowing (13 points)
Yow
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yowled (13 points)
Cried in pain
Cried out in pain
Gave out a wail
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yowler (12 points)
Scared animal, perhaps
Trapped animal, perhaps
Cat, at times
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
yttria (9 points)
Heavy white powder, in chemistry.
Powder used in television tubes
Oxide used in television tubes
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
yttric (11 points)
Of metallic element atomic number 39
Of element at. number 39
Of element .39
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
yuccas (13 points)
Agave family plants
Desert plants with white flowers
State flowers of New Mexicompany
Y·4+U·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yucked (16 points)
Yuck
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yukked (18 points)
Laughed out loud
Y·4+U·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
yulans (9 points)
Chinese magnolias.
Y·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yupons (11 points)
Yupon
Y·4+U·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yuppie (13 points)
Former preppie, perhaps
BMW driver, maybe
Big spender, maybe
Y·4+U·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts

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