RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines

July 8, 2018

At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (7/2 - 7/6) "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 July 8, 2018

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1. NASA Embraces __________ Electronics *

7. __ Watchdog Accuses Facebook, Google of Privacy Shenanigans (abbr.) *

8. Automatons

10. Boob tube (abbr.)

12. Chemical symbol for nickel

13. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

16. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

17. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

19. China Rising as Major _____ Power *

22. Verified proper functionality of a product

26. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

28. _____ Powers New Commercial 802.11ax Carrier Gateway *

30. Unit of length (abbr.)

31. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

34. Centimeter (abbr.)

36. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)

37. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

38. Number or digital inputs that an output can drive

39. ______ Shortages Will Drive Price for Electromobility *

41. Opposite of O.D.

42. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial

44. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

45. Chemical symbol for radon

46. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for antimony

49. Chronological information added to data sample (2 wds.)

54. Trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse

55. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

58. Type of capacitor dielectric

59. Chemical symbol for manganese

61. A type of digital modulation (abbr.)

63. Argentina OKs _______ Merger *

64. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

2. Elementary particle

3. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

4. Trims a piece of Kapton tape to length

5. Major Security Gaps Found in the ___ Mobile Telephony Standard (abbr.) *

6. Passing of a planet in front of the sun

9. Considered the 4th dimension

11. ____RF, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC

13. File name extension for an ASCII file

14. Chemical symbol for cesium

15. NASA CubeSats Head to ____ *

18. 'Breakthrough' ____________ Algorithm Exponentially Faster *

20. High Data Rate

21. Rambus Fires ___ for Unspecified Conduct (abbr.) *

23. High-speed logic family

24. Slang for when a professor hints at an exam problem (abbr.)

25. End of Life (abbr.)

27. Type of component package (abbr.)

29. Third largest asteroid

31. Using minimum resources

32. Ham Fined $7k, Face Restricted Privileges in ___ Interference Case (abbr.) *

33. Integrate data onto a carrier wave

35. Configuration __________, design group that tracks product revisions

38. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

40. Opposite of I.D.

43. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

45. Chemical symbol for rubidium

46. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

47. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)

48. FCC Task Force Looks into Proposed T-Mobile / ______ Merger *

50. Network department (abbr.)

51. Chemical symbol for selenium

52. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

53. A disk operation

56. Nordic Mobile Telephone

57. 2-way conversation, Ham term

60. Chemical symbol for neon

61. Type of current flow (abbr.)

62. Unit of length (abbr.)


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 8, 2018