Person who really tries Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
2. pronounce judgment on
(noun)
1. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
2. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REALLY (adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
2. in actual fact
PERSON (noun)
1. a human being
2. a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

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