| SARTRE | Jean-Paul who refused the 1964 Nobel |
| MARLONBRANDO | Actor who refused the Oscar he won for The Godfather: 2 wds. |
| ALI | Boxer who refused the draft (3) |
| BARDOT | Brigitte, French actress who refused the Legion d"Honneur in 1985 (6) |
| MLK | Dr. who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize |
| PENICILLIN | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize, discovered the structure of this antibiotic which was originally discovered by Alexander Fleming |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (4-4,6) |
| HODGKIN | Dorothy ___, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (7) |
| TOWNES | Charles Hard ?, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| RUDYARD | He refused the role of Poet Laureate but accepted the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature, ... Kipling |
| NEIGH | Utterance of the horse that refused the jump? |
| REIECIT | "He refused" the bribes of the guilty, Hor. Odes 4.9.42 (7) |
| ASMITH | 1925 novel whose author refused the Pulitzer Prize |
| SAIDNO | Refused the request |
| SINEADOCONNOR | Singer who refused the Grammy she won for I Do Not Want What I haven't Got: 2 wds. |
| DANIELINDENIAL | Biblical guy who refused to believe the writing on the wall? |
| 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) |
