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Attention shown without hesitation in a trial (8)

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I believe the answer is:

interest

'attention' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'without hesitation in a trial' is the wordplay.
'without' indicates putting letters inside.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'a trial' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'in'+'test'='intest'
'er' going inside 'intest' is 'INTEREST'.

'shown' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for interest that I've seen before include "Fascinate" , "Pursuit" , "Profit" , "Sum paid on a loan" , "Share - concern" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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