Contend (7)
'contend' is the definition.
(I know that contend can be written as vie)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for vie that I've seen before include "Contend for superiority" , "Rival" , "I've got to contend" , "Jockey" , "Try to do better than" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I know that contend can be written as grapple)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for grapple that I've seen before include "Go to work on" , "struggle" , "Fight hand-to-hand" , "Engage in a close fight" , "Wrestle mentally (with)" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I know that contend can be written as compete)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for compete that I've seen before include "Contend (for a prize)" , "Strive (against others)" , "Take part in contest" , "Contend, vie" , "Take part in hope of winning" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for strive that I've seen before include "Contend using rivets" , "Venture" , "Exert much effort" , "Make a great effort" , "Building propped against the wall of another" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I know that contend can be written as cope)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cope that I've seen before include "top on wall" , "Clerical vestment; to deal (with)" , "Manage to deal with the vestment" , "Deal effectively (with something difficult)" , "Manage, subsist" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "Maintain - state" , "Declare or insist" , "'Affirm, assert (4)'" , "State firmly, declare" , "Say firmly, declare" .)
'contend' is the definition.
(I know that contend can be written as struggle)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for struggle that I've seen before include "Strive; compete" , "Strenuous effort against opposition" , "Tussle" , "Make one's way with great difficulty" , "Hard contest" .)