Those little bits and pieces that make up so much of electronics are often taken for granted. This puzzle's theme is words associated with the various types of simple electronics components. How well do you know your little friends and neighbors?

Ward "Bits and Pieces" Silver, N0AX, authors--among numerous other things--the Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler, which appears twice a month on the ARRL Web site. He can be reached by e-mail at n0ax@arrl.net or by surface mail at Aetherworks Publishing, 22916 107th Ave NW, Vashon, WA, 98070.

Across
3. Batteries with liquid electrolyte are ... cells
5. Prevent flow of ac current
9. Unit of inductance
10. Translate symbols into information
11. Old abbreviation for pico
12. Ferrites prevent this type of interference (abbr.)
13. This moves on a variable capacitor
15. Designates "6" on resistor band
18. Material of disc capacitors
20. Resistors cause voltage to do this
21. Adjustable resistor
22. Common abbreviation for "that is"
23. Mixer signal (abbr.)
25. Receiver frequency fine tune (abbr.)
26. Legitimate
27. Hit
30. Indefinite article
31. A good job is done "just ..."
32. Light (abbr.)
33. Unit of capacitance
37. Abbreviation for chip
38. One in a million (abbr.)
40. Printed value of a component
42. Makes mistakes
45. Input-Output (abbr.)
46. Lift or carry
48. Smallest state in the tenth district
50. Confuse
51. Electric vehicle (abbr.)
52. CW abbreviation for "and"
53. Power dissipating components
54. These designate numbers and exponents of component values

Down
1. Thousands of microhenries (abbr.)
2. Stores magnetic energy
3. Opposite of delta connection
4. Small adjustable capacitor
5. Stores electric energy
6. Good kind of cholesterol (abbr.)
7. Longest possible path for a contact
8. Main frequency control
14. Imply hostile intent
15. Shunt ac signals around a component
16. Engineer that knows the most about electricity (abbr.)
17. Divided in two
19. Imaginary impedance
20. Two series resistors form a voltage ....
24. Rod dimension that must be less than a matching hole's ID
28. Round core with a hole in the middle
29. Safety lab (abbr.)
33. Remove a signal
34. Reversing current
35. A correctly adjusted circuit is "tuned ..."
36. Most popular mode on 2-meters
39. Volts times amps
41. Prototype or exhibit
42. Phoned home
43. One component of epoxy
44. Blue-black-black
47. Heats materials
49. Assistant (abbr.)
50. Keeps volume constant (abbr.)