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Crossword clue for "ESSAI"

ESSAI: Élève's assignment; Try, in Troyes; Montaigne work; Bit of French writing; Try, at Versailles; Piece by Montaigne; Trial, for Henri; Attempt, in Évian; Test, in Tours; Work of Seigneur de Montaigne; Piece of French writing; Montaigne's "De La Vanité," _par exemple_