Crossword Genius

Close things seen by Yankee (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stuffy

'close' is the definition.
(both can mean uncomfortably warm)

'things seen by yankee' is the wordplay.
'things' becomes 'stuff' (I've seen this before).
'seen by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'stuff'+'y'='STUFFY'

(Other definitions for stuffy that I've seen before include "Airless - pompous" , "Priggish" , "Airless; unadventurous" , "Old-fashioned" , "Strait-laced -- lacking fresh air" .)

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