Make very great efforts (6)

I believe the answer is:

strive

(Other definitions for strive that I've seen before include "Venture" , "Make effort using rivets" , "Vie; compete" , "Try extremely hard" , "make way with effort" .)

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

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