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Yank’s never accepting notice, presently (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nowadays

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'presently' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'yank's never accepting notice' is the wordplay.
'yank's never' becomes 'noways' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'notice' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'noways' placed around 'ad' is 'NOWADAYS'.

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(Other definitions for nowadays that I've seen before include "In the 21st century" , "Currently" , "in the current period?" , "present times" , "At this juncture" .)

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