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An overdue reform effort (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

endeavour

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

'an overdue reform' is the wordplay.
'reform' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new form).
'an'+'overdue'='anoverdue'
'anoverdue' anagrammed gives 'ENDEAVOUR'.

(Other definitions for endeavour that I've seen before include "Captain Cook's first ship - DCI Morse's first name" , "Cook's old vessel" , "famous ship" , "Determined effort" , "hard work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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