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Squealed "yes" and assisted cockney (6)

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I believe the answer is:

yelped

'squealed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'yes and assisted cockney' is the wordplay.
'yes' becomes 'y'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'assisted cockney' becomes ''elped' ('helped' - 'help' can be a synonym of 'assist' - said with a cockney accent, dropping the 'H').
'y'+'elped'='YELPED'

(Other definitions for yelped that I've seen before include "Uttered sharp barks" , "Uttered short cry like a dog" , "Made sharp shrill bark of dog" , "Barked" , "Made shrill sound as of dog" .)

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