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Damn ... it's Yoko on the phone (2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oh no

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'damn' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'yoko on the phone' is the wordplay.
'yoko' becomes 'ono' (yoko ono).
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'the phone' becomes 'h' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ono' going around 'h' is 'OH NO'.

'it's' is the link.

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