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Refusal to work in lead (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denial

'refusal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'work in lead' is the wordplay.
'work' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'lead'='inlead'
'inlead' anagrammed gives 'DENIAL'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for denial that I've seen before include "Refusal to accept an unpalatable truth" , "Refusal, abnegation" , "Refusal to believe an unacceptable truth" , "Saying it isn't so" , "Negation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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