| Answer embellishment |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2026 |
| "Yes ___, Bob!" |
Universal |
23 Jul 2026 |
| "Yes, ___!" ("For sure!") |
LA Times Mini |
12 Mar 2026 |
| "Yes ___!" |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2025 |
| "No __!" |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2025 |
| No-Bob connection |
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| Intensifier after yes or no |
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| "Yes __, Bob!" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Emphasizer for yes or no |
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| “Yes, ___!” (“For sure!”) |
LA Times Mini |
06 Dec 2023 |
| "Yes __, Bob!" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| "Yes __, Bob!" |
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| "No ___" ("not happening!" that rhymes with "diary") |
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| "No __!" |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2023 |
| "Yes, —!" ("Indeedy!") |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Interjectional intensifier |
Newsday |
08 Jul 2023 |
| "No ___, Bob!" |
Universal |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Emphatic ending |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Yes or no follower |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Sep 2021 |
| No ________ |
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| 'Yes ___, Bob!' |
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| "Yes ___ Bob!" (informal assent) |
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| ''Yes __, Bob!'' |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Yes or no follower |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2020 |
| "Yes, —!" ("Definitely!") |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Informal word used after yes or no, for emphasis |
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| 'Yes, —!' ('For sure!') |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Emphatic ending with yes or no |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Emphatic ending with yes or no |
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| "Yes __!" |
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| "No ___ Bob!" |
Universal |
27 Oct 2017 |
| See 30-Across |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2017 |
| See 30-Across |
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| Intensifying exclamation ending |
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| Intensifying exclamation ending |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2017 |
| See 30-Across |
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| "No ___ Bob!" |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| Word after Yes |
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| 'Yes ___, Bob!' |
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| Follower of "yes" or "no" |
Universal |
17 Apr 2016 |
| Emphatic follower of yes or no |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2016 |
| "Yes ___ Bob!" |
Universal |
03 Mar 2016 |
| 'No ___, Bob!' |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2016 |
| "No ___, Bob!" |
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| "Yes __!" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2015 |
| Yes-Bob link |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2015 |
| See 130-Across |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2015 |
| "Yes __!" |
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| "Yes __, Bob!" |
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| Yes-Bob link |
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| "Yes, ___!" ("Absolutely!") |
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| See 130-Across |
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| Bob preceder |
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| "Yes, ___!" ("You betcha!") |
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| "Yes __!" |
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| "Yes __, Bob!" |
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| Emphatic "yes" or "no" follower |
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| Emphatic follower of yes or no |
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| "Yes __, Bob!" |
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| "No ___!" |
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| Yes ___, Bob! |
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| "Yes __, Bob!" |
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| Yes-Bob link |
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| Emphatic ending for yes or no |
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| Yes-Bob connection |
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| Yes-Bob connection |
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| "Yes __ Bob" |
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| 'Yes, --!' ('Indeedy!') |
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| "No __!": emphatic denial |
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| "Yes __ Bob!" |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| "No __!": emphatic denial |
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| "Yes ___!" |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| Yes or no emphasizer |
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| "Yes" or "no" follower, Bob |
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| 'Yes ('You bet!'), --!' |
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| "No ___ Bob!" ("Absolutely not!") |
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| Yes or no emphasizer |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| "Yes ___, Bob!" (Var.) |
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| "No ___, Bob!" (Var.) |
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| "Yes, ___!" ("You bet!") |
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| 'Yes, --, Bob!' |
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| Emphatic ending (Var.) |
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| See 33-Down |
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| See 33-Down |
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| "Yes ___, Bob!" |
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| "Yes" or "no" follower |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| Yes or no follower |
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| Emphatic suffix |
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| "No ___, Bob!" |
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| Emphatic suffix |
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| Bob preceder |
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| "Yes ___, Bob!" |
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| Word after yes or no |
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| It's added for stress |
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| "Yes" or "no" ender |
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| Part of an emphatic acceptance or refusal |
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| Emphatic ending with yes |
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| Emphatic "yes" follower |
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| Word after yes or no |
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| Yes follower |
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| See 44-Across |
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| Word after yes or no |
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| Yes follower |
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| Emphatic ending |
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| "No, ___!" |
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| Slangy suffix for 12 Down |
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| "Yes _____, Bob!" |
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| Emphatic ending |
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| Ending with "no" |
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| "Yes, ___!" |
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| "No, _____!" |
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| "No, __, Bob!" |
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| "No __, Bob!" |
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| Word after yes or no |
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| "Yes, ___" |
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| Yes, ___ |
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| No follower, sometimes |
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| Ending for yes or no |
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| Intensive with "yes" |
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| Follower of yes or no |
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| Emphatic word after yes or no |
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| "Yes ___!" |
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| "Yes __!" |
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| "No, ___!" |
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| Emphasis on yes or no |
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| "Yes, ___!" |
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| Yes ___! (natch!) |
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| "Yes ___, Bob!" |
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| Yes ___ |
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| "No, ___!" |
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| Yes, ___! |
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| Intensive form of address. |
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| No ___! |
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| Emphatic form of "sir." |
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| Intensive title. |
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| Yes ___! |
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| Emphatic ending for "yes" or "no" |
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| "No ___ Bob!" |
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