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Ends you will place in attempt with all your heart (5)

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I believe the answer is:

truly

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'all your heart' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'ends you will place in attempt' is the wordplay.
'ends' says to take the final letters.
'will place' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
The final letter of 'you' is 'u'.
'u'+'l'='ul'
'ul' placed inside 'try' is 'TRULY'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for truly that I've seen before include "Indeed" , "Really, genuinely" , "Genuinely, properly" , "with accuracy" , "Without equivocation (Yours ___ )" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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