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Clue no. 45: Uncle Sam's coming, after conscientious objector first refuses to join Vietnam's front, and then crows.

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A clue to CORVUS.
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1."first refuses" is not the same as "first of refuses". "Initially" would be better or maybe "refuses at first"
 
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A difficult word to clue, and most clues had some faults. Crow (singular) doesn't quite seem to cut it as the definition for the genus [25, 38 and 45 at least sought to be more accurate with this. Of the attempts at initial letter clues 10 stood out for originality and surface.