The letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet (6)

I believe the answer is:

yankee

(Other definitions for yankee that I've seen before include "Race bet; Y (radio comms)" , "A northerner during the American Civil War" , "1942 film with James Cagney" , "Colloquial American, a doodle dandy" , "baseballer?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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