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Worry intervenes in attempt to find agreement (6)

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I believe the answer is:

treaty

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'agreement' is the definition.
(treaty is a kind of agreement)

'worry intervenes in attempt' is the wordplay.
'worry' becomes 'eat' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'intervenes' is an insertion indicator.
'in attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'eat' inserted inside 'try' is 'TREATY'.

'to find' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for treaty that I've seen before include "Formal agreement between two or more countries" , "International agreement" , "'Pact, accord (6)'" , "Covenant" , "Written agreement between two states" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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