Bouquets console supplier quite disheartened following refusal (8)
I believe the answer is:
nosegays
'bouquets' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'console supplier quite disheartened following refusal' is the wordplay.
'console supplier' becomes 'sega' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'quite' becomes 'yes' ('quite!' can be used to express agreement).
'disheartened' suggests removing the centre (the middle or heart is removed).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'refusal' becomes 'no' (it's a no).
'yes' with its centre removed is 'ys'.
'sega'+'ys'='segays'
'segays' after 'no' is 'NOSEGAYS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nosegays that I've seen before include "Bouquets" , "Small bunches of flowers" , "floral arrangements" .)