| SELFASSURED | Lass refused to become confident (4-7) |
| FLATLY | How the jockey refused to become a steeple- chaser? (6) |
| FEET | Find your ... (become confident) (4) |
| ERICLIDDELL | 1924 Olympic sprinter who refused to run on a Sunday in Chariots of Fire (4,7) |
| MISSTHEBOAT | Lose an opportunity as young lady refused to bathe? (4,3,4) |
| DISHONOURED | He did our son wrong, refused to pay |
| DISREGARDED | Refused to use |
| STONEWALLED | High after consuming drug, woman completely refused to answer |
| PUSHEDASIDE | Refused to think about |
| LEDZEPPELIN | Their ballad "Thank You" opens with: "If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you" |
| SHIRLEY | Whose studio refused to let her out of her contract to star in The Wizard of Oz, the role going to Judy Garland? (7,6) |
| TEMPLE | Whose studio refused to let her out of her contract to star in The Wizard of Oz, the role going to Judy Garland? (7,6) |
| SENTTOCOVENTRY | Refused to talk to someone who had been despatched to witches' place before touchdown (4,2,8) |
| CLEMENT | _ VII, pope who refused to authorise the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon (7) |
| ROSAPARKS | In 1955, which civil rights activist famously refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger? (4,5) |
| UPFIELD | Prideful corner-back refused to dribble to the other end of pitch (7) |
| BIDET | "Am I the asshole for forcing my guests to move to a hotel after they refused to use the ___?" (viral Reddit post) |
| BARGEPOLE | Had a lighter stake, but refused to have anything to do with it (5-4) |
| ENTREAT | Eastern school at first refused to present petition (7) |
| CRICKETER | Credit starts to be refused to Dick, Peter and Grace? |
