Slalom ski-team succeeds (5,2)

I believe the answer is:

makes it

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'succeeds' is the definition.
(making it is a kind of succeeding)

'slalom ski-team' is the wordplay.
'ski-team' anagrams to 'MAKES IT'.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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