Jilt Juliet in Crete when sozzled (6)
I believe the answer is:
reject
'jilt' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'juliet in crete when sozzled' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'juliet' could be 'j' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'j' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'crete' is 'reect' which is located in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reject that I've seen before include "Disallow; discard" , "Refuse to accept or acknowledge" , "Repulse or repudiate" , "Refuse to accept or react against" , "Turn (offer) down" .)