Crossword Puzzle
August 1960 Popular Electronics

August 1960 Popular Electronics

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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Popular Electronics, published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

You have to be careful when working this crossword puzzle from the August 1960 edition of Popular Electronics magazine because in one instance the name of a certain federal agency has changed since then, and in another instance the element cited as being "commonly used" no longer is. It will add to the challenge, which, honestly, is not all that great. I did not have the magazine page with the solution available when posting this so I had to work the puzzle myself to create a solution. If you are an ardent cruciverbalist as am I, you might want to try some of the hundreds of technically-themed crossword puzzles I have created which have only words and clues related to science, engineering, mathematics, etc.

Crossword Puzzle

By James J. Porten

Crossword Puzzle, August 1960 Popular Electronics - RF Cafe

ACROSS

1   Grid voltage

5   Summit

10   _______-mechanical servo

13   Old man (c.w.)

15   __________ convex lens

16   Thulium (symbol)

17   Atomic Energy Commission

19   Inhabitants of Far East

20   _______ element beam

21   Commonly used in converters (abbrev.)

22   _______ sink

23   Joule (dimensions)

24   Toddler

27   Element necessary for reception

28   End of message

29   Doctrine

31   Element used in rectifiers

32   "C" in R/C

34   Continuity (abbrev.)

35   Average

DOWN

2   Watt (units)

3   High mountain

4   Vend

5   Atomic number  (abbrev.)

6   Cathode-ray oscilloscope  (abbrev.)

7   Master oscillator

9   Having a common axis

11   Federal agency

12   Function of cathode

14   Unit of measurement

16   Impedance-matching device (abbrev.)

18   _______ whisker detector

20   Beverage

24   Canvas shelter

25   Smallest of Great Lakes (abbrev.)

26   Function of soldering lug (abbrev.)

29   32,000 oz. (avoir.)

30   Pedal digit

32   Cobalt (symbol)

33   Norway (Ham prefix)


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Crossword Puzzle Solution, August 1960 Popular Electronics - RF Cafe

 

 

Posted November 22, 2021
(updated from original post on 11/27/2013)