Pulls faces in yard as noisy kid screams (5)
I believe the answer is:
yanks
'pulls faces' is the definition.
'yanks' can be an answer for 'pulls' (yanking is a kind of pulling). I'm unsure of the 'faces' bit.
'yard as noisy kid screams' is the wordplay.
'yard' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'as noisy kid screams' becomes 'anks' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'y'+'anks'='YANKS'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yanks that I've seen before include "Tugs" , "Pulls sharply" , "Physical jerks" , "Americans; pulls" .)