Daylight Saving Time Crossword Puzzle
March 8, 2015

This week's crossword puzzle has a few special words and clues related to our biannual timekeeping shift. All the rest of the words and clues are engineering and science related - no movie star names or clothing designers.

I will be glad to create a special edition crossword for your newspaper, newsletter, etc.


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

Daylight Saving Time Crossword Puzzle for March 8, 2015 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
4. What we do to clocks in March (2 wds.)
13. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
16. Greek letter, used to indicate summation
17. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
18. System On Chip
19. Its chemical symbol is Ar
20. RF connector type
21. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
22. Studies for a test just before taking it
25. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions; i.e., 10 mm __ 25 mm
26. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount
27. Type of flip-flop
28. Test point (abbr.)
29. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.)
30. Lubricant
32. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
34. Chemical symbol for iron
35. Wireless phone region
37. Hub of the solar system
39. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.)
41. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
43. Charged particle
45. Impurity in a semiconductor that adds a mobile electron in the conduction band
47. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)
48. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss
50. Switch position
51. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor
52. Target indication on a radar display (pl.)
53. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
54. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
55. Unit of energy (pl.)
58. Variable crystal oscillator (abbr.)
60. Elemental compound used for microwave frequency reference oscillators (abbr., pl.)
62. Infrared (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for zirconium
65. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)
67. Be behind in phase
69. Mate to an RX
70. Stock symbol for Boeing
71. Software drafting tool (abbr.)
73. Chemical symbol for argon
74. The highest numerical exponent describes this property of a polynomial
76. Ratio of circumference to diameter
77. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)
78. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)
79. Beat frequency oscillator (abbr.)
81. Gallium nitride chemical symbol
84. Short for modulator/demodulator
85. Lower sideband (abbr.)
86. The "E" in EMF
87. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)
1. Distance from the earth to the sun - ... unit
2. Heatsink feature (pl.)
3. Feedback system used to maintain constant level (abbr.)
4. Frequency for detecting and recording data (2 wds.)
5. Chemical symbol for radon
6. Infrared (abbr.)
7. Forerunner to NASA
8. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)
9. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)
10. Write-Once (abbr.)
11. Type of current flow (abbr.)
12. Shortcut for the scheme our clocks are changed to in March (2 wds.)
13. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)
14. International phonetic alphabet letter "G"
15. Large array of disparate antennas (2 wds., pl.)
23. Rotary electrical transformer used for measuring degrees of rotation
24. Isolated charge
28. Test equipment (abbr.)
29. Armored cable type
31. Local Oscillator (abbr.)
33. Chemical symbol for francium
35. With 42 Down, the world's best engineering website
36. Signal amplitude degradation due to inefficiency
38. Early operating system (still popular)
39. Type of current
40. BlackBerry or Jordana for example (abbr., pl.)
42. With 35 Across, the world's best engineering website
44. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
45. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)
46. Type of flip-flop
47. Chemical symbol for cesium
49. One port of an amplifier
56. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)
57. Chemical symbol for tin
59. Chemical symbol for mercury
61. Shorthand for oxygen
63. Type of data storage IC (pl.)
66. One factor of a polynomial
68. The constellation in which Canopus is located
70. RF engineer's degree
72. 2 x SSB
75. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
77. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)
79. Chemical symbol for beryllium
80. A BPF specification (abbr.)
82. PC follower
83. Chemical symbol for nickel

See solution below

 

2015 Crosswords Archive
Visit the Crossword Express website - RF CafeTake a break from the drudgery by trying 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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December 6
November 29
November 22
November 15
November 8
November 1
October 25
October 18
October 11
October 4
September 27
September 20
September 13
September 6
August 30
August 16
August 9
August 2
July 26
July 19
July 12
June 21
May 3
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March 8
March 1
February 22
February 8
January 25
January 18
January 11
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Daylight Saving Time Crossword Puzzle Solution for March 8, 2015 - RF Cafe