Pull sharply

The answer

YANK

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YANK answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TUG (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for YANK

Every other clue in this collection answered by YANK, most used first.

• Tug - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Pull hard - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Jerk - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Tug hard - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sharp pull - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Pull suddenly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pull - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Sharp tug - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• American, to a Brit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Big jerk - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Sudden pull - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tug sharply - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Tug (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Break sharply - SNAP, used 119 times
• Pull down - EARN, used 97 times
• Pull an all-nighter - CRAM, used 75 times
• Turn sharply - VEER, used 49 times
• Pull apart - TEAR, used 34 times
• Pull (in) - REIN, used 31 times

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