Crossword Clue:

to acknowledge also AGNISE

AnswerCrossword Clue
DENIESRefuses to acknowledge
SNUBRefuse to acknowledge
ANODGive ... to (acknowledge)
DISOWNRefuse to acknowledge responsibility for
SHAWOnly Literature Nobelist also to win an Oscar
CUBS8-Down also-rans to the 39-Across in 1918
TAFTOnly U.S. president also to serve as chief justice