1 2 3 4 1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ ACROSS 1) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people 2) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics 3) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass 4) a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill DOWN 1) hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep 2) formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela 3) a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow 4) an impudent or insolent rejoinder ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? saws urea egis tors