Purposeful attempt (6)

I believe the answer is:

effort

(Other definitions for effort that I've seen before include "Struggle" , "Try - labour - pains" , "Trouble" , "Toil" , "Hard mental or physical work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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