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Refuse to accept source of intelligence and intellect (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brain

'intellect' is the definition.
(brain is a kind of intellect)

'refuse to accept source of intelligence' is the wordplay.
'refuse' becomes 'bran' (I've seen this before**).
'to accept' indicates putting letters inside.
'source of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'intelligence' is 'i'.
'bran' going around 'i' is 'BRAIN'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for brain that I've seen before include "Thinking thing" , "Thinking organ" , "The grey matter" , "Intellectual ability" , "Haemorrhaging of talent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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