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The Yankee ones? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

they

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'ones?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'the yankee' is the wordplay.
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'the'+'y'='THEY'

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(Other definitions for they that I've seen before include "Pronoun for more than one" , "Third person plural" , "People in general" , "Pronoun for people" , "People generally" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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