Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln
- 2 Across
- The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- 5 Across
- The basis on which something is grounded
- 8 Across
- A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- 10 Across
- Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs
- 11 Across
- A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true
- 12 Across
- A plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles
- 1 Down
- Something intended as a guide for making something else
- 2 Down
- A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
- 3 Down
- Building material used as siding or roofing (plural)
- 4 Down
- The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- 6 Down
- Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (plural)
- 7 Down
- An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness (plural)
- 9 Down
