Tries to correct extreme spin (11)

I believe the answer is:

experiments

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'tries' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'correct extreme spin' is the wordplay.
'correct' indicates anagramming the letters.
'extreme'+'spin'='extremespin'
'extremespin' is an anagram of 'EXPERIMENTS'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for experiments that I've seen is " Trials".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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