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Try hard (6)

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'try hard' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for strive that I've seen before include "Vie, contend" , "Vie; compete" , "Work hard - compete" , "Rivets (anag)" , "Make great efforts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard and The Independent.
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