Related Clues:
- Checked for quality
- Put before a jury
- True companion?
- One did one's best in a courtly way, it seems
- In case it's heard, it's not clean up around the East
- Had a go, just in case in court
- Wasn't lackadaisical
- Runner with some excellence, or one just as good
- Partner of "true"
- Sipped uncertainly
- Partner of true
- Tasted or tested
- ___ and 14-Across (reliable)
- Endeavoured
- Had a crack checked out