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Denied it's rubbish on the day (7)

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I believe the answer is:

refused

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'denied' is the definition.
('refuse' can be a synonym of 'deny')

'on the day' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 're' (regarding).
'the day' becomes 'fused' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
're'+'fused'='REFUSED'

'it's rubbish' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for refused that I've seen before include "Said no (7)" , "turned down appeal" , "Declined, rejected" , "Was unwilling to accept" , "Not accepted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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