The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REJECT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result REJECT
- Refuse to admit about a hundred in plane
- Second jeer erupting on court
- Refuse to take soldiers by plane over Cuba
- Colonel’s first to board plane, after troops decline
- Refuse to accept an imperfect article
- Dismiss extremely regressive juvenile court
- Deny soldiers about to intercept aircraft
- Refuse to take about 100 in plane
- Jilt Juliet in Crete when sozzled
- Renounce protest, concerned with replacing old boy
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The straight part
We know that "Refuse to accept/an imperfect article" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case refuse to accept/an imperfect article = reject.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does REJECT mean?
REJECT noun- Something that is rejected.
- An unpopular person.
- A rejected defective product in a production line
- To refuse to accept.
- To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- To refuse a romantic advance.