The quiet individual did well (5)
I believe the answer is:
shone
'did well' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'the quiet individual' is the wordplay.
'the quiet' becomes 'sh' (both can be said to tell someone to be quiet).
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'sh'+'one'='SHONE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shone that I've seen before include "Sparkled" , "Radiated, emitted light" , "Excelled; glowed" , "did brilliantly" , "Gave off light" .)