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.
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited. 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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