Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- The gathering of a ripened crop
- 5 Across
- A collection of ___ in a particular area
- 8 Across
- The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- 10 Across
- The act of preparing something by the application of heat
- 11 Across
- Joining or attaching by stitches
- 12 Across
- A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top (plural)
- 1 Down
- Moving on foot
- 2 Down
- A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
- 3 Down
- The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- 4 Down
- An exchange of ideas via conversation
- 6 Down
- The act of someone who fishes as a diversion
- 7 Down
- To address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship
- 9 Down