| Attempt to win approval |
| “Damn Yankees” temptress |
| Aggressively attempts |
| Attempt to bypass opposition |
| Attempts a quick escape |
| Contemptible guy, but slightly less vulgarly |
| Contemptful expressions |
| Ain't Too Proud to ___" (pleading Temptations song) |
| 1965 Temptations hit |
| Operatic temptress |
| Joe Hardy's tempter |
| Attempt, in British parlance. |
| Tempt |
| An attempt to bring order out of chaos," per Sondheim |
| Tempting targets for guerrillas |
| Diaper-wearing/attempted kindaper/astronaut Nowak |
| Attempt |
| Attempts to strike |
| Hostile attempts to acquire competing products? |
| Youngster's lyric, perhaps after five missed attempts in this puzzle |
| Contemptible fellows |
| Tempting smell |
| Temptress |
| Tavern temptress of the '30s |
| Additional attempts, informally |
| Finds contemptible |
| Wily temptress |
| Ain't Too Proud, ___ Differ" (Temptations hit) |
| Expressions of contempt |
| Copacabana" temptress |