Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- The act of ___ a musical instrument
- 3 Across
- To use the mind to consider ideas or solve problems.
- 8 Across
- Time during which some action is awaited
- 9 Across
- Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- 10 Across
- A necessary or essential thing
- 12 Across
- A flexible container with a single opening
- 1 Down
- A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- 2 Down
- Imprecise but fairly close to correct
- 4 Down
- A written work or composition that has been published
- 5 Down
- Excavation in the earth from which ores and ___ are extracted
- 6 Down
- A person who possesses great material wealth
- 7 Down
- Informal terms for personal possessions
- 11 Down