Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "Conclusive trial of success or value ", 9 letters:
acid test

Word definitions for acid test in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acid Test is an experimental 4 piece that first formed in Toronto , Canada , in 1990. The band consists of vocalist and bassist Lucy Di Santo, guitarist Steve Fall, keyboardist Atom Percy, drummer Tim van de Ven. Fall played a role in the 1992, Highway ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) a rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rigorous or crucial appraisal

Usage examples of acid test.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe, New York: Bantam, 1969.

The acid test was the one thing E-Branch hadn't attempted, mainly because he'd refused to go so far.

Yes, I guess this is the acid test, seeing that that's what we have in the battery!

Just don't kid yourselfthat they're the same thing, There is, in fact, an acid test you can apply to your relationship with the person you share your bed with.

Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality.