RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines

July 15, 2018

At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (7/9 - 7/13) "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 15, 2018

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1. Tech ______ Touch Record Highs *

4. Another Boron ________ Thermal Record *

8. A gaseous process that deposits insulating films or metal onto a wafer at elevated temperature (abbr.)

10. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

11. Number system which uses only the digits 0 to 7

13. Ham's code for "Can you acknowledge receipt?"

15. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)

17. AMSAT Announces Board of Directors Nominees (abbr.) *

18. Chemical symbol for strontium

19. Type of data storage IC (pl.)

21. Chemical symbol for cobalt

22. Unit for 1,000,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

23. Popular graphics program

25. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

27. Chemical symbol for selenium

28. Type of logic gate (pl.)

29. Color #5

32. Chemical symbol for magnesium

33. Test equipment (abbr.)

34. Chemical symbol for silicon

35. Possess luminosity

37. Packet Bulletin Board System

38. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

40. Yard (abbr.)

41. Decimeter (abbr.)

42. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies

43. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

44. Chemical symbol for nobelium

45. Equivalent of Windows on Apple products

47. Reflected radar or sonar signal (pl.)

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

50. Type of logic gate

51. Common mode ripple rejection (abbr.)

53. Chemical symbol for californium

54. Illumination devices

56. Length times width

59. Base of the decimal number system

61. Hedy _____, Hollywood actress with first patent for spread spectrum communications

62. U.S Government Allows ___ to Partially Resume Business (abbr.) *

64. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)

66. _____ ___ Track More Than What's on Tonight (2 wds.) *

67. Its chemical symbol is C

1. Big Changes at Top and Bottom of Q1 ____ Equipment Market Shares *

2. The point that is the same distance from every point on the circumference of a circle (British spelling)

3. Chemical symbol for scandium

4. Type of data conversion device (abbr., pl.)

5. The stationary part of a motor

6. Chemical symbol for neon

7. Satellite TV system

9. Volt-ohmmeter (abbr., pl.)

10. Chemical symbol for rubidium

12. Radio navigation system (abbr.)

13. Ham's code for "Are your receiving me badly?"

14. Average time it takes for a minority carrier to recombine (pl.)

16. Mr. Ohm's first name

17. Modulation type (abbr.)

18. Miniature threaded RF connector

20. Mathematics of angles

23. Army Leverages Machine Learning to Predict _________ Failure *

24. Type of flip-flop

25. Smaller moon of Mars

26. A natural or synthetic compound of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units

30. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

31. U.S. Must Hustle on Hypersonics, __, and AI (abbr.) *

33. Chemical symbol for terbium

36. Opposite of I.D.

37. Chemical symbol for polonium

39. Type of logic gate

41. FCC Proposes Massive Fine for Marketing of _____ Transmitters *

42. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies

43. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

45. Maximum Usable Frequency

46. Its chemical symbol is Co

48. Lunar depression

49. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

51. 9 Companies That Are Testing ____ (abbr.) *

52. 1E6 nanoseconds

55. Is behind in phase

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

58. Additive white Gaussian noise

60. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

63. Chemical symbol for chromium

65. Unit of frequency (archaic, 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 Puzzle Solution w/Weekly Headlines July 15, 2018