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Do as told and honour Yankee (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obey

'do as told' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'honour yankee' is the wordplay.
'honour' becomes 'obe' (**).
'yankee' becomes 'y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'obe'+'y'='OBEY'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for obey that I've seen before include "Perversely inclined to do the opposite" , "Respect" , "Be ruled by" , "Do as ordered" , "Conform" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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