Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
October 15, 2001

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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ACROSS 1 Attenuators 3 Software implement for performing work 6 Official Space Shuttle designation 7 Reduce the signal level 10 Government lawyers, abbr. 12 Direct burial cable type 13 Silicon slab for making a batch of IC's 14 Min-to-max voltage of a waveform 15 Chemical symbol for beryllium 17 Circuit for firing a magnetron 19 Ratio of circumference to diameter 20 Gives a wing its airfoil 22 Fish 24 Particular way of arrangement 25 Toward the stern 26 Honey insect 27 Opposite of O.D. 29 Parameter degraded by noise figure 31 Max or min voltage of a waveform 32 Output stage of a transmitter 33 Decaffeinated 34 Masculine pronoun 35 Add solder to tip of iron 37 Brown-capped boletus mushroom 38 BASIC looping keyword 39 Monte-_____ analysis 42 Support tower 45 The Hunter constellation 46 Elevate 47 Monetary unit of South Africa 48 Units of resistance 49 Machete 50 Perchlike game fish 52 Speak 53 Alcoholic liquor 54 Malt beverage 55 Current-voltage phase mnemonic 57 New Zealand parrot 59 Electrical safety organization 60 Type of protective cutout 64 Modulation type 65 1/1000 us 66 The culture responsible for all evil in the world, according to Liberals 67 Logarithmic ratio 68 Switch configuration 69 Slink 71 Transformer interwinding connection 72 1E6 nanoseconds 74 Professor's student instructor 75 High-speed logic family 76 Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System 79 Next to 80 Component of product cost 82 Short cliquey 85 Army-Navy spec 86 1.602E-19 Joules 87 Flee 88 Type of current flow 89 Type of graph scale 91 Affirmative reply 92 Component of product cost 93 Great age 94 Time Division Multiple Access	DOWN 1 Teflon 2 Chemical symbol for arsenic 4 Opposite of I.D. 5 Scandinavian 6 Opposite of superscript 7 Soft food for infants 8 What I do not possess 9 Lair 11 Yacht sail 16 Image file formats 18 Electronic assembly transport containers 20 Genetic component 21 A "1" or a "0" 22 Windows configuration file extension 23 Thread cutting tool 28 Digital attenuator manufacturer in Dominquez, CA 29 Transformer components 30 Renewal of harmonious relations 31 Cell and cordless are types of this 36 Give an account 38 Rummage 40 Cheerful 41 Rope used to guide a horse 43 Popular search engine 44 Midway state 49 Unintentionally changes the oscillator frequency 51 In front 54 In the natural state 56 Computer displays 58 Vehicle for injured people 60 Binary system base 61 Symbol for helium 62 Length times width 63 Low Noise Amplifier 68 Silicon transistor type 70 Necessary to decipher a code 72 Type of RF IC 73 Spread out 77 Donkey 78 Male parent 79 Digital transmission figure of merit 81 Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator 83 Same as Hz 84 Front edge of a wing, abbr. 85 RF passive device manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY 90 Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo 92 Home state of Los Alamos lab
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