| Leave stunned, in a way |
TASE |
| Like casting Michael Keaton in 'Birdman' as an actor who used to play a superhero |
META |
| Like policies prohibited by Title IX |
SEXIST |
| Like some enemies |
SWORN |
| Like Venus vis-à-vis Serena Williams |
OLDER |
| Literally, 'sulfur island' |
IWOJIMA |
| Many fire dept. members, by training |
EMTS |
| Maximally neat |
COOLEST |
| Member of high society? |
POTUSER |
| Mideast capital |
RIAL |
| One in a state of disbelief |
ATHEIST |
| Opera daughter of Amonasro |
AIDA |
| Part of a cup |
LIP |
| Part of YOLO |
ONCE |
| Politician's platform |
DAIS |
| Projecting front |
PROW |
| Putdown to a klutz, in dated slang |
SMOOTHMOVEEXLAX |
| Races, in a way |
REVS |
| Runs up and down? |
SCALES |
| Russian ___ (iconic restaurant near New York's Central Park) |
TEAROOM |
| Scorcher |
HOTONE |
| Sea that's fed by the Jordan River |
GALILEE |
| See 25-Down |
BOHR |
| Selfish demand |
MEFIRST |
| Shelter from attack |
FOXHOLE |
| Shot |
TRY |
| Something to shoot for |
PAR |
| Striped cat |
TABBY |
| The drinks are on me! |
BARMENU |
| They move around in orbits |
EYES |
| They're open to change |
TIPJARS |
| Unfading |
FAST |
| What makes you question everything you know? |
JEOPARDY |
| With 5-Down, Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in atomic theory |
NIELS |
| Writer who founded Objectivism |
RAND |
