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Crudely yawn and say "where was I?" (7)

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I believe the answer is:

anyways

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'was i?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'crudely yawn and say' is the wordplay.
'crudely' indicates an anagram.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'yawn' put after 'say' is 'sayyawn'.
'sayyawn' with letters rearranged gives 'ANYWAYS'.

'where' acts as a link.

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