Crossword Genius

Playing Uno with Kathy? You shouldn’t have! (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thank you

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'shouldn't have' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'playing uno with kathy?' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'uno'+'kathy'='unokathy'
'unokathy' anagrammed gives 'THANK-YOU'.

'you' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for thank you that I've seen before include "Ta" , "Much obliged!" , "Conventional expression of gratitude" , "Polite acknowledgment" , "Cheers" .)

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