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 
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.) |
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