Made a great effort (6)

I believe the answer is:

strove

(Other definitions for strove that I've seen before include "Endeavoured" , "Tried hard for voters" , "Voters (anag) - made every effort" , "Struggled" , "Made great efforts" .)

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

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