In a catastrophe, no man accepts the facts (9)
I believe the answer is:
phenomena
'facts' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in a catastrophe no man accepts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'man' could be 'he' (he refers to a man) and 'he' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for phenomena that I've seen before include "Remarkable appearances" , "Things sensed" , "facts" , "Remarkable events or things, wonders (9)" , "Observable events" .)