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Pulls faces in yard as noisy kid screams (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yanks

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'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" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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