Crossword Clue:

ESSAY to attempt to endeavour

Answer	Crossword Clue
WOO	Attempt to make love (to)
SCREWWERCS	Botched attempt to fasten something to the ground?
PENALTYSHOT	Hockey attempt that only the goalie is allowed to try to stop

OSSA	Mount used in an attempt to reach heaven to overthrow the Olympian gods
WALES	Volunteers have begun an attempt to move a three-ton stone from here to Stonehenge