### Clue: Yank going up to church in the valley (5)
### Answer: GULCH 
 ### Explanation: Definition: valley
  **Reversal of**(going up, in a down clue) LUG(yank,pull) **plus**(to) CH(abbrev. for church building). 
Answer: American term for a narrow river cut by a fast stream,a sort of valley.  Often mentioned in tales of the Wild Wild West.