RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines

July 22, 2018

At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (7/16 - 7/20) "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 list 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 July 22, 2018

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1. Europe's 1st Live C-V2X Direct Communication ________________ Demo *

13. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

14. Logarithmic reflectivity unit

15. Move in a raster pattern

17. __ Becomes the New Moore's Law (abbr.)

22. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for neodymium

25. Gigahertz

31. ECM response

33. Stock symbol for Boeing

34. Transformer interwinding connection

36. Mathematical basis for calculating noise power for a given bandwidth and temperature (abbr.)

38. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

39. Chemical symbol for rhodium

41. ____ Chief Says + 42 Down + Force Will Guard the U.S. from Above (abbr.) *

43. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

45. Another Cable Operator Signals Plans to Get into ________ *

47. Chemical symbol for holmium

48. Coder/decoder (abbr.)

49. Test equipment (abbr.)

50. Weight (abbr.)

51. Its chemical symbol is Rn

52. Time delay (abbr.)

53. Physical rule describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction (2 wds.)

55. Chemical symbol for palladium

56. BSEE + 2 years

58. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for erbium

60. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)

62. Voice of America

64. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

65. ARRL Represented at ____ Symposium in Boston (abbr.) *

67. The "S" in ISM

71. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

72. Nordic Mobile Telephone

74. Read-only (abbr.)

75. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)

78. FCC Moves Ahead on 3.7-4.2 GHz Order (abbr.) *

81. Chemical symbol for helium

83. Test equipment that provides a frequency-domain signal display (2 wds.)

2. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

3. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

4. Chemical symbol for rubidium

5. Chemical symbol for palladium

6. Online auction site

7. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)

8. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

9. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

10. Be behind in phase

11. One port of an amplifier

12. Superstrong Aluminum Alloys May Change Aerospace _____________ *

16. $62.7B _____________ Equipment Forecast *

18. Opposite of O.D.

19. Service-Independent Building Blocks

20. 10E1 numerical prefix

21. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

22. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

23. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for gallium

27. The "C" in AC or DC

28. Mr. Gauss' first name

29. Radio signals from the cosmos (abbr.)

30. Prefix for font without serifs

32. Chemical symbol for berkelium

35. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

37. _____ Glued to Phones Risk 'Modest' Rise in ADHD Symptoms *

38. Eight bits

40. Packard's partner

42. 41 Across + Chief Says _____ Force Will Guard the U.S. from Above *

44. Can You Really Fix ___ Acquisitions in a Week? (abbr.) *

46. Network configuration type

47. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere

53. Low altitude earth orbit

54. Shorthand for electronic magazine

56. Swap ____, a Ham's flea market

57. 1.602E-19 Joules

60. Analysts Bullish on ____ Equipment *

61. Chemical symbol for selenium

63. Type of current flow (abbr.)

64. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

66. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

68. Galilean moon

69. Forerunner to NASA

70. Internet protocol (abbr.)

71. Type of matrix barcode used with laser scanning(abbr.)

73. Miniature RF connector

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

76. PC follower

77. Chemical symbol for chromium

78. Type of modulation (abbr.)

79. Cyanide (abbr.)

80. Chemical symbol for chlorine

81. CPS

82. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors


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 Solution w/Weekly Headlines July 22, 2018