| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| OUTRIGHTANGLE | Obvious attempt to gain an advantage? |
| SIEGE | Persistent attempt to gain control. |
| POWERGRAB | Attempt to gain control, say |
| DUH | Response to an obvious statement |
| PATENT | Obvious document for an inventor to get (6) |
| TRYFOR | Make an attempt to obtain |
| OCTOBERSURPRISE | Desperate attempt to influence an election |
| RUSE | An attempt to pull wool over the eyes. |
| ART | "An attempt to bring order out of chaos," per Sondheim |
| 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 |
