| OPTEDOUT | Declined to take part (5,3) |
| NONJUROR | Any of a group of clergy in England and Scotland who declined to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689 |
| REFUSED | Declined to take rubbish to Land's End (7) |
| DROOPED | Declined to take dope, Rod may have (7) |
| EBBED | Declined to take place up on bed (5) |
| WANED | Declined to take the plunge without one (5) |
| AILED | Declined to take a girl back |
| FORGONE | Declined to take it in favour of individual behind legend (7) |
| GONEDOWN | Had declined to give the key to the twenty-fourth clue |
| INCLUDED | Cricketer right to go, unfortunately run is declined to the frustration of the present opener? (9,3,8) |
| MODIFIED | Medic declined to cover condition that's changed (8) |
| LESSENED | Declined to be escorted around German city (8) |
| LEFTISTS | Declined to pot, for example, first and second reds |
| DECEASED | Passed on, having declined to avoid river (8) |
| DISEASED | Unsound reason for having declined to hold main suspect, initially? |
| WARHORSE | Having declined to accept a rematch on vacation in Copenhagen? |
| EUROPEAN | Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland have declined to join the ... Union |
| PROMOTED | Useful bit of equipment one originally declined to put before judge (8) |
| BATTERIESNOT | Cricketer right to go, unfortunately run is declined to the frustration of the present opener? (9,3,8) |
| STOOD | Declined to draw* |
