Refusal to drink quickly (9)
I believe the answer is:
knockback
'drink quickly' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'refusal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'refusal' could be 'no' (saying no to something) and 'no' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for knockback that I've seen is " Reject".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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