Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Sunday June 24, 2018.

“Better ___ nothing” – THAN
“Laugh-In” guy – ROWAN
“No ___ an island” – MANIS
“Patriot” end – ISM
“Riders of the Purple ___” – SAGE
“Steady as ___ goes” – SHE
4,000-plus square meters – ACRE
Aerie young’un – EAGLET
Affleck-directed film – ARGO
Animated 64-Across guy – STU
Animated bar owner – MOE
Blackmail stuff – THREATS
Buttery? Kinda – OLEO
Certain boater – CANOEIST
Chopped dish – HASH
Cohort of Cosmo and George – ELAINE
Concorde jet – SST
Cosmetics overseer – FDA
Cpl. or sgt., e.g – NCO
Cut quickly – SNIP
Destroyed Palmyran monument – ARCHOFTRIUMPH

Diplomat’s asset – TACT
Doesn’t stay in stock – SELLS
Ferocious creature – LION
Flees – TURNSONONESHEEL
Fleur-de-___ – LIS
Four-legged housemate – CAT
Game with it? – TAG
Illegal puff – TOKE
In a crazed frenzy – AMOK
Individual beings – SELVES
Insulting center? – ULT
Kids’ card game – WAR
Kinda good – NOTBAD
Like MP3 players, not CD players – ANTISKIP
Making leave (with “away”) – SPIRITING
Massive river creature – HIPPO
Maternally related – ENATE
Money supplier – ATM
Musical pause – REST
Not messy – NEAT
Penn of films – KAL
Pentathlon swords – EPEES
Per each one – APIECE
Pitcher’s place – MOUND
Place to dance – DISCO
Poem form – ODE
Popular cookies – OREOS
Prefix with “maniac” – EGO
Prepare for a photo – POSE
Remote abbr – VOL
Removing power – DIVESTING
Resolve – IRONOUT
Scientist Geiger – HANS
Show clearly – EVINCE
Signer’s tool – PEN
Small measurement – INCH
Sneaking about – WALKINGONTIPTOE
Spaces between things – GAPS
Spanish farewell – ADIOS
Species – GENERA
Stick out – PROTRUDE
Suit size – LONG
Thing on your nerves – PEST
Thurman of “Kill Bill” – UMA
Troy, N.Y., university – RPI
True north? No, but close – ENE
Turnips or carrots – ROOTCROP
Unit of eight – OCTET
Vaulted places? – BANKS
Very large birds – EMUS
Whistle veggie? – PEA
With more jitters – EDGIER
Word with “keg” – POWDER
___ Domingo – SANTO
___ pork (Chinese meal) – MOOSHU