Related Clues:

• Emphatic denial
• Emphatic refusal
• Emphatic turndown
• Stern parent's reply
• Stumps
• Parent's ultimatum
• Perplexes
• Reply to 'Aww, Mom, ple-e-ease?'
• Reply to a pushy person
• Games that test mental skills
• Reiterated refusal
• Crosswords and the like
• Words before '... and that's final!'
• 'Let me repeat: Forget it!'
• Gags beginning to change crosswords?