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Answer for the clue "Time of peak achievement ", 10 letters:
golden age

Word definitions for golden age in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Golden Age refers to a mythological period of primeval human existence perceived as an ideal state when human beings were pure and free from suffering. Golden Age may also refer to: Golden age (metaphor) , the classical term used as a metaphor for any period ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema" any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A happy age of peace and prosperity. 2 A time of great progress or achievement in a particular field; or when something reaches its peak.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold , and cf. Guilder .] Made of gold; consisting of gold. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently ...

Usage examples of golden age.

Ever since Elwood told him about Sam Goldwyn, he had been a student of the unpredictable ways of the legendary moguls of Hollywood's Golden Age, men like Harry Cohn, Jack Warner, Louis B.

Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises?

I had come gradually to feel that this new world, at least, had attained the golden age of security, and that fear, hate, and wrongdoing had long since passed away, or had never been born.