A worker stops eschewing alcohol, making effort (7)
I believe the answer is:
attempt
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for attempt that I've seen before include "Shot" , "Stab" , "bid to kill someone" , "Essay" , "bash" .)