At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed
crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (5/28 - 6/1) "Tech Industry Headlines"
column on the RF Cafe homepage. For the sake of all the avid cruciverbalists amongst
us, each week I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words from
my custom-created related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy,
etc. You will never find among the words names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic
foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort. You might, however, see someone
or something in the exclusion list who or that is directly related to this puzzle's theme,
such as Hedy Lamar or the Bikini Atoll, respectively. Enjoy!
cruciverbalist:
[noun] cruci- ("cross") + verbal ("words") + -ist ("agent, person") -- A person
who constructs crosswords.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF
Cafe is prohibited. acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words
1. Powers pneumatic devices 2. System On Chip 3. Chemical symbol for tin
4. China ___ Grow 21% * 5. Opposite of O.D. 6. One port of an amplifier 7. Nordic
Mobile Telephone 8. Circuit board metallization shape 10. Phase of matter between
liquid and solid 12. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.) 13. The U.S. Is Running
out of _____ * 15. 10 decibels 17. Antenna gain unit (abbr.) 19. Describes communications
which has been paired between transmitter and receiver 23. Digital Enhanced Cordless
Telephone 24. 12 inches 26. Cause the temperature to drop 27. Part of a male
connector (pl.) 29. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.) 30. Chemical symbol for
silicon 32. Moon of Saturn with retrograde orbit 33. International phonetic alphabet
letter "S" 34. Indian Telcos Hit 1.2B Mobile Subscribers but Struggle to ____ In *
36. Alan ____, Moonwalker Turned Artist, Dies at 86 * 37. Opposite of O.D. 38.
Chemical symbol for thallium 39. Chemical symbol for radon 40. 10E1 numerical prefix
44. Crystal surface 45. International phonetic alphabet letter "E" 46. Voyager's
Golden ______ May Paint Humans in a Confusing Way * 47. Electric enclosure standard
organization (abbr.) 48. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.) 50. Chemical
symbol for cobalt 51. Chemical symbol for thulium 52. Helium, iron, silicon, or
uranium, for example 54. Hung the program 56. U.S. Websites Go Dark in Europe as
GDPR Data _____ Kick In * 57. File menu option (pl.) 59. Heatsink feature 61.
Type of digital filter (abbr.) 66. Radio Amateurs of Canada (abbr.) 67. Engineering
Change Order (abbr.) 69. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.) 70. Ham's code for
"Shall I increase power?" 71. Negation prefix 73. Chemical symbol for tin 74.
Ratio of circumference to diameter
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1. Wireless Industry __________ CEO Highlights Network
Convergence * 8. What is the alternative name for a pi meson 9. Do a total memory
transfer 11. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor 12. Exalted-Carrier
Single Sideband (abbr.) 14. Logic family (abbr.) 15. Filter type that blocks frequencies
below and above a specified band (abbr.) 16. Opposite of I.D. 18. Cell Tower Industry
Puts out Call for _____ ________ (2 wds.) * 20. Local Oscillator (abbr.) 21. Chemical
symbol for bismuth 22. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.) 25. Software function selection
mechanisms 26. Printer output resolution unit (abbr.) 28. A common lamp tube gas
30. Small DIP package (abbr.) 31. When an amplifier is driven into its nonlinear operating
region 34. Logic gate output configuration (abbr.) 35. Opposite of USB 37. Telcos
Must Raise Game or Lose out on $1.1T ___ Prize (abbr.) * 39. Positive voltage lead
color 41. Keyboard key 42. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.) 43.
Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.) 47. Silicon transistor
type (abbr.) 49. Changed velocity 52. Reflected sound 53. Million multiply accumulate
operations (abbr.) 55. Constellation : The lion 56. Factor of a polynomial 58.
Airport Surveillance Radar (abbr.) 59. Upper frequency (abbr.) 60. Sound frequency
in the human hearing range (abbr.) 62. DOD Tightens Rules on Personal ______ _______
(2 wds.) 63. Chemical symbol for neon 64. Chemical symbol for erbium 65. The
design component of total product cost (abbr.) 68. Longitudinal shape-forming structural
elements 70. Ham's code for "Entire net stand by." 72. Total Access Communication
System (abbr.) 74. Another name for a test lead 75. Data ___________ in Middle
East and Africa to Double in 5 Years * |
See solution below

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