| JOEDIMAGGIO | "The Yankee |
| DIMAGGIO | Surname of the US baseball player Joltin' Joe or the Yankee Clipper, one of the sport's all-time greats (8) |
| IRONY | Sarcasm from the Yankee at the golf club (5) |
| THETIMES | By itself, the Yankee territory introduction of cruel capital punishment means nothing will be the same (3,5,4,3,1-8) |
| THEYAREA | By itself, the Yankee territory introduction of cruel capital punishment means nothing will be the same (3,5,4,3,1-8) |
| CHANGING | By itself, the Yankee territory introduction of cruel capital punishment means nothing will be the same (3,5,4,3,1-8) |
| AROD | Nickname of the Yankee who was the 1996 MLB batting champion: Hyph. |
| JOETORRE | Co-author of "The Yankee Years" |
| TOY | To the Yankee, a childish imitation |
| TORRE | "The Yankee Years" memoirist |
| BEEFY | Strong meat to the Yankee (5) |
| BERRA | Yogi the Yankee |
| DETRAINS | Gets off the Yankee Clipper |
| THEY | The Yankee ones? (4) |
| COHAN | "The Yankee Doodle Boy" composer |
| USA | In short, the Yankee country? |
| ENTRAIN | Board the Yankee Clipper |
| MISSY | State the Yankee form of address for a young girl (5) |
| YAWED | The Yankee, in fear, failed to stay on line |
| ALLY | To the Yankee, everybody's a friend (4) |
