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Achieved one's goal? (6)

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scored

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'achieved one's goal?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for scored that I've seen before include "Wrote 8 -- made marks on the surface" , "Marked" , "Delivered the ball in the net" , "Made runs" , "Kept count" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Irish News.
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