Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on April 18, 2018.
ACROSS 1 Wordless acknowledgment 4 Pops 7 Actor Nicolas -- 11 Mine find 12 Tuneful Paul -- 14 -- -- no idea! 15 Of the Milky Way 17 Life of the party 18 Pizza servings 19 In a bad mood 21 Take a crack at 22 Belly dance instrument 23 Nursery items 26 Lighter fill 29 -- Reekie (Edinburgh) 30 Silver and Howard 31 United 33 Big T-shirts 34 Vegetarian no-no 35 Blend in 36 More spooky 38 Hippie wear 39 Layer 40 -- kwon do 41 100-meter race 44 Regal fur 48 Legal claim 49 Place to stretch (2 wds.) 51 Choir member 52 Ivy League school 53 Language suffix 54 Wax makers 55 Pitch 56 Cereal grass
DOWN 1 Eggy drinks 2 Paperless exam 3 Submarine seller 4 Indiana hoopsters 5 Rarin' to go 6 Compete in a slalom 7 Shrill insect 8 Whaler of fiction 9 Duds 10 Vortex 13 Rendering 16 Did something 20 Road hazards 23 Payroll deduction 24 Regulation 25 Otherwise 26 Wild tusker 27 -- bene 28 Oklahoma town 30 NASA splashdown 32 Hosp. areas 34 Bearing 35 Appears 37 Jungle chargers 38 Trade 40 Physicist Nikola -- 41 Thick piece 42 Carpet feature 43 Nerve network 45 Anatomical passage 46 Too curious 47 Dueler's weapon 50 Nibble on