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Mawkish attempt to invite intimacy at last? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

gooey

'mawkish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'attempt to invite intimacy at last?' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt**).
'at last?' indicates one should take the final letters (I've seen 'at last' mean this).
The last letters of 'to invite intimacy' are 'oey'.
'go'+'oey'='GOOEY'

(Other definitions for gooey that I've seen before include "Sticky" , "Mawkish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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