| DISPROOF | A refutation of the alleged strength of spirit? (8) |
| DRAMA | "How Did 'Don't Worry Darling' Become So Worrying? A timeline of the (alleged) ___ involving Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Florence Pugh" (Vulture headline) |
| ELENCHUS | In logic, the refutation of an argument by proving the opposite of its conclusion (8) |
| REBUTTAL | Refutation of argument about singer and a novice (8) |
| FLATDENIAL | A refutation issued from home? (4,6) |
| INREBUTTAL | As a refutation |
| PROOF | Demonstration of strength of spirit (5) |
| SOUNDPROOF | Good strength of spirit that's in a sense impenetrable (10) |
| WATERPROOF | Mac's strength of spirit well to the fore (10) |
| ABSOLUTEPROOF | Irrefutable evidence of complete strength of spirit (8,5) |
| EXTRADITION | Surrender of an accused offender to the state in whose territory the alleged offence was committed (11) |
| ACCUSED | The alleged criminal is, to a certain measure, hardened (7) |
| ELLIS | William Webb _, English clergyman and the alleged inventor of rugby football (5) |
| SECONDSIGHT | The alleged ability to foresee the future (6,5) |
| BEMIDJI | Minnesota city that's the alleged birthplace of Paul Bunyan |
| WINES | Though lacking strength of spirit, win on points! |
| ROOF | Strength of spirit abandons leader in pole vault |
| REPROOF | Disapproval concerning strength of spirit |
| LEEHARVEY | The alleged killer of President John F Kennedy, ... Oswald, was himself executed by nightclub owner |
| DUEL | Prearranged combat between two people, such as the alleged "petticoat" scene of Lady Almeria Braddock and Mrs Elphinstone (4) |
