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Disagree with study by Yankee (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deny

'disagree' is the definition.
(I know that deny is a more specific form of the action contradict)

'study by yankee' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'den'+'y'='DENY'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deny that I've seen before include "Claim to be untrue" , "Declare not to be true" , "Refute, contradict" , "Refuse to accept" , "Refuse to admit (something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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