RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines

August 5, 2018

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 list related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from the past week's (7/30 - 8/3) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on the RF Cafe homepage. 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 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.


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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines August 5, 2018 - RF Cafe

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1. QST _______ Design Competition Submission Deadline Looms *

6. _______ Eyes Partnership with Apple or Google on 5G TV *

11. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

12. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

13. Relative power level unit (abbr.)

15. Type of logic gate

16. Chemical symbol for iron

17. Chemical symbol for magnesium

19. Name of the curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle being rolled along a straight line

22. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

23. Apple Is Changing ____' Future (abbr.) *

25. Branch of the armed forces

26. One port of an amplifier

27. Regarding light

28. Chemical symbol for strontium

29. Negation prefix

30. Chemical symbol for holmium

31. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

33. Stock symbol for Lockheed Martin

35. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

36. Positive voltage lead color

37. Opposite of a LO

39. User input device for a cellphone

40. UK ______ Could Shed 48,000 Jobs over Next Decade *

41. Chemical symbol for francium

42. Largest broadcaster in the UK (abbr.)

43. 1E6 nanoseconds

44. Flash caused by an electric current ionizing a gas or vapor

46. Chemical symbol for platinum

48. Weight (abbr.)

49. China Kills Qualcomm-___ Deal *

50. Chemical symbol for europium

52. _____ Research Teams to Uncover Novel Materials and Approaches to Circuit Integration (abbr.) *

53. Chemical symbol for tantalum

54. Oscillator type that is referenced to an external source (abbr., pl.)

56. Very small aperture terminal

58. Chemical symbol for aluminum

59. Like a crystal

63. PC follower

64. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

65. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

66. Automatic repeat request used in AMTOR (abbr.)

67. Chemical symbol for antimony

69. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

71. Senate Passes 2019 National _______ Authorization Act *

72. Silicon on Insulator (SOI) Market to Reach $1.8B by 2023 *

1. Chemical symbol for silver

2. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)

3. Equalizer (abbr.)

4. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

5. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

6. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)

7. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

8. Infrared (abbr.)

9. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

10. Chemical symbol for neon

14. My last name

18. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

20. Stock symbol for Yahoo

21. Foot/12

22. ____/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Invites Technical Papers (abbr.) *

24. Chemical symbol for tin

25. Chemical symbol for arsenic

29. _____ Shares down As It Misses Profit Expectations *

30. _____ Campaign to Use WSPR on 80 Meters (abbr.) *

32. Pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor, abbr.

34. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

35. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

38. Precision landing system (abbr.)

45. Wireless phone region

47. Time Division Multiple Access

48. The "W" in BAW

49. American space agency (abbr.)

51. Unit of time (abbr.)

53. Slow-Scan __ Transmissions from ISS Set for July 30 – 31 (abbr.) *

55. Tie a bundle of wires together

57. Prefix for 10E-18

59. Cooling device

60. Software engineering tool (abbr.)

61. Slang for when a professor hints at an exam problem (abbr.)

62. Type of high speed Internet service (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

65. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

68. Chemical symbol for bismuth

70. Cyanide (abbr.)


See solution below

 

2018 Crosswords Archive

Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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Cruciverbalist:

A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words. cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines August 5, 2018 - RF Cafe