Team with hard edge played and succeeded (4,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
made the grade
'succeeded' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'team with hard edge played' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'played' is an anagram indicator (letters playing around).
'team'+'hard'+'edge'='teamhardedge'
'teamhardedge' with letters rearranged gives 'MADE THE GRADE'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for made the grade that I've seen is " Reached a desired standard".)