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A worker stops eschewing alcohol, making effort (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attempt

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'effort' is the definition.
(I know that effort can be written as attempt)

'a worker stops eschewing alcohol' is the wordplay.
'a worker' becomes 'temp' (temp is a kind of worker).
'stops' means one lot of letters goes inside another (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'eschewing alcohol' becomes 'att' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'temp' placed into 'att' is 'ATTEMPT'.

'making' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for attempt that I've seen before include "Shot" , "Stab" , "bid to kill someone" , "Essay" , "bash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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