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Yellow jacket, for one (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wasp

'yellow jacket for one' is the definition.
(I know that Vespula maculifrons is a type of hornet)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for wasp that I've seen before include "colonist" , "A hymenopteran" , "type dominant across the pond" , "spiteful person?" , "Buzzer" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today and The New York Times.
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