Possible Clues:

• Reach a required standard
• *Have what it takes
• Meet expectations
• Succeed as a chum strutted outrageously
• Reach the required standard
• Commission some hot stuff that should prove acceptable
• Copper on wagon tried drinking grape juice to impress
• Ignore one proverbially keen, but do well enough
• Harvested brassica plant that met required standards
• Do trust Ted and a chum to come up to expectations