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    The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

    By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
    ARRL Contributing Editor
    January 3, 2006


    "Time For a Puzzle"


    Happy New Year to all my loyal puzzleologists out there! What with closing out the old year and ringing in the new, what more timely subject could there be than time? Have a good 2006 and may your #2 pencils stay ever sharp and your erasers undiminished.

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    Across

    1. Time zone for VP9 (abbr.)
    3. Four of these in a year
    7. Sent with a QSL
    10. Special type of moron
    12. Prefix for Poland
    13. CW abbreviation for a long-term ham
    14. Keeps track of appointments
    15. Stores wire or cable
    18. Time between two events
    19. Circuit with a time constant
    22. Complement to 55 across
    23. Equal or acquaintance
    24. What 'A' in 'AM' stands for
    26. Old abbreviation for UTC
    30. Contest to travel the fastest (two words)
    33. Abbreviation for computer input-output
    35. Before AD
    36. Time of year with equal day and night
    38. Ten years
    41. Component of solder (chemical symbol)
    42. Not known (abbr.)
    44. Duration of one cycle
    46. 60 of 22 Down
    49. Internet suffix for Russian URLs
    50. Type of gain for volume control
    51. Barred enclosure
    52. One thousandth of a watt (abbr)
    53. Latin abbreviation used to present an explanation
    54. Canadian province with VO1 prefix (abbr.)
    55. Heavenly body with a four-week orbit
    57. Time of year with maximum day or night
    60. Prefix meaning 'before'
    61. Belonging to
    62. Number of events per unit of time
    65. 0.707 of peak value for sine waves
    66. Mark in a belt or gun to make a total
    67. Piled Higher and Deeper (degree)

    Down

    1. Close agreement to correct value
    2. What the bell does for thee
    3. To align in time
    4. Film speed
    5. Watch power
    6. Agency in charge of maintaining references
    7. Two of 38 Across
    8. Time relative to the sun
    9. Phoned home
    11. Closest southern neighbor (prefix)
    16. Maximum power of an SSB signal
    17. Completed event
    20. Moroccan prefix
    21. The prime runs through London
    22. Fastest watch hand
    25. Greek letter often used to represent time
    27. Deepest night
    28. What dropped things fall on
    29. Type of tuned circuit
    31. Southernmost continent
    32. Prefix meaning no longer
    34. The Keystone State (abbr.)
    35. Big English clock
    37. Waiting line
    39. Canadian time station
    40. Final date for submission
    41. Coax connector used at microwave
    43. Darkest just before this
    44. Introductory text
    45. Slight difference in sequence or order
    47. Between north and east (abbr.)
    48. Measures duration
    51. Separates hours and minutes
    52. A dozen in a year
    56. Satellite time reference
    58. Large California airport (abbr.)
    59. Postal voucher
    63. Connection point for 802.11 network (abbr.)
    64. Person who corrects or formats text (abbr.)

    Solution


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