Attempt to persuade did work for those attending

The answer to “Attempt to persuade did work for those attending” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is TEMPT — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 29, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 7-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Attempt to persuade did work for those attending” answer

TEMPT (5 letters)

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Why the answer is TEMPT

A brief effort to persuade someone can be described by this verb. 🎯

What does TEMPT mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of TEMPT is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Attempt to persuade did work for those attending” appeared?

The Times Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 29, 2026 (most recent) → TEMPT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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