RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines
June 3, 2018

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.

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

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines June 3, 2018

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

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

2018 Crosswords Archive

Take 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.