| Most mockingly amusing |
WRIEST |
| Moves idly, as one's thumbs |
TWIDDLES |
| Nail-biter's counterpart |
YAWNER |
| Namesake of a CUNY med school scholarship |
SALK |
| Namesake of NYU's business school |
STERN |
| New York Philharmonic conductor Gilbert |
ALAN |
| Philosopher Descartes |
RENE |
| Pickup part |
BED |
| Piggies |
TOES |
| Pound of poetry |
EZRA |
| Protest site of 1989 |
TIANANMENS |
| Quartet member |
BASS |
| Quite excited |
AMPED |
| Raise with effort |
HEAVE |
| Relaxed and easygoing |
TYPEB |
| Resolute |
FOURS |
| Restarter's heading |
BACKTOSONE |
| Retreat |
LAIR |
| Riot feature |
CHAOS |
| River through the Lake of the Ozarks |
OSAGE |
| Rodriguez of 'Modern Family' |
RICO |
| See 57-Down |
TEAR |
| Settle, as an account |
SUP |
| Shore fliers |
TERNS |
| Skyrocket |
SOAR |
| Sped along |
RACED |
| Springfield bartender |
MOE |
| Taj Mahal setting |
AGRA |
| Toward the tiller |
AFT |
| Trucker with a handle |
CBER |
| Trudge |
PLOD |
| Unthinking |
KNEEJERK |
| WALL-E's love |
EVE |
| Waned, as patience |
WORETHIN |
| Was resolute |
STOODPAT |
| Water whirled? |
EDDY |
| Where you'll find nobody to look up to |
APEX |
| With 65-Across, really hot |
ONA |
| Word in a seasonal song |
AULD |
