Answer: touchstone

AnswerCrossword Clue
TOUCHSTONEFeel Oliver?
TOUCHSTONEShakespearean clown.
TOUCHSTONEClown in "As You Like It."
TOUCHSTONECriterion
TOUCHSTONEHandle granite?
TOUCHSTONEClown in "As You Like It"
TOUCHSTONEStandard of comparison
TOUCHSTONEMeasure of quality
TOUCHSTONEYardstick
TOUCHSTONEStandard
touchstoneA standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized
touchstoneA piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark that they made on it
touchstonea highly siliceous (usu black) stone or other stone for testing gold or silver by the colour of the mark each makes on it; (fig.) a criterion, a standard