Possible Clues:

• Is about the perfect bargain
• Is about to give one a perfect hand
• Points in a lofty speech
• What there is about that wood that would be perfect
• Guiding lights
• Standards for attainment or imitation
• One aims to have what is around the soft wood
• What is about soft wood that makes them so perfect?
• What there is about 30 across to aim for
• Things difficult to live up to in one's trade?