1. brought to ruin

3. get off the ground

4. a particular environment or walk of life

6. drive something violently into a location

8. a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

10. a contest between athletes

2. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

5. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

7. an awkward and inexperienced youth

9. one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

11. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

12. a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use