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No reason to refuse theatre award Henry Winkler initially rejected (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

why not

'no reason to refuse' is the definition.

'theatre award henry winkler initially rejected' is the wordplay.
'theatre award' becomes 'Tony' (as in the Tony Awards).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
The first letters of 'henry winkler' is 'hw'.
'tony'+'hw'='tonyhw'
'tonyhw' in reverse letter order is 'WHY-NOT'.

(Another definition for why not that I've seen is " Challenge".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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