Possible Clues:

• Old partner's wide illustration
• Paradigm or model
• Model learner allowed in gym after test
• A model at one time overweight?
• Illustration or paradigm
• Thing illustrating a general rule
• Perhaps a final entreaty losing backing, for instance
• For instance, test papers looked easy at first sight
• One former partner's more than enough, for instance
• Inconclusive appeal following test case