| SARTRE | Jean-Paul who refused the '64 Nobel Prize |
| MARLONBRANDO | Actor who refused the Oscar he won for The Godfather: 2 wds. |
| BARDOT | Brigitte, French actress who refused the Legion d"Honneur in 1985 (6) |
| ALI | Boxer who refused the draft (3) |
| RUDYARD | He refused the role of Poet Laureate but accepted the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature, ... Kipling |
| ASMITH | 1925 novel whose author refused the Pulitzer Prize |
| NEIGH | Utterance of the horse that refused the jump? |
| NERO | Who accused the Christians of starting the 64 CE Great Fire of Rome? (4) |
| TKO | Result of the '64 Clay/ Liston light |
| DANIELINDENIAL | Biblical guy who refused to believe the writing on the wall? |
| SAIDNO | Refused the request |
| SINEADOCONNOR | Singer who refused the Grammy she won for I Do Not Want What I haven't Got: 2 wds. |
| CLEMENT | _ VII, pope who refused to authorise the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon (7) |
| SIR | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| MORE | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| THOMAS | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| PAN | The boy who refused to grow up, Peter ... |
| AZARIA | Hank who refused to appear in "The Problem with Apu" |
| MARLON | Actor who refused his Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather, ___ Brando |
| MAVERICK | What word came from the name of a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle? (8) |
