Wall Street Journal - Dec 26 2015 - To the Nth Degree Crossword Puzzle Answer

Wall Street Journal - Dec 26 2015 - To the Nth Degree 

Clues	Answers
'A Tyrant...unfit to be the ruler of a free people,' according to a 1776 declaration	GEORGETHET
'Any Woman's Blues' writer Jong	ERICA
'Cat Scratch Fever' rocker	TEDNUGENT
'Go ahead'	YOUF
'Scarlett, ___ with pride and happiness...': 'Gone With the Wind'	ABRIM
'Surprise Symphony' composer	HAYDN
'The Big Bang Theory' persona	EGGHEAD
'Weird Al' Yankovic hit of 1984	EATIT
1969 jazz album	ELLA
A composer may use it to convey sadness	MINORT
Airline to Cartagena	AVIANCA
Arranges so as not to coincide	STAGGERS
Arrives	GETSIN
At last, in Lille	ENFIN
Ballpark figure	SCORE
Banking enablers	AILERONS
Bargain hunter's find	STEAL
Bass offering	LOWNOTE
Bass offerings	ALES
Bear mascot of the NHL's Blues	LOUIE
Best bench player, in the NBA	SMAN
Blood pressure elevator	STRESS
Bouncing off the walls	ECHOING
Brand on pumps	MOBIL
Bumps on a log	BURLS
Caterpillar hairs	SETAE
Caustic	MORDANT
Center of a famous palindrome	IEREI
Choir division	ALTOS
City of Greece	CORINTH
Clams up in court	PLEADSTHEF
Co. that makes bar code scanners and point-of-sale terminals	NCR
Common coffee variety	ARABICA
Cookie and Muffin, e.g	PETNAMES
Copycat	PARROT
Count on a course	STROKES
Country on the Adriatic	CROATIA
Crooner Mel	TORME
Crux of a debate	MAINISSUE
Dentist's directive	RINSE
Designating K-12	ELHI
Dredging pump	EDUCTOR
Duelist of 1804	BURR
Enter for a ride	HOPINTO
Exemplar of industriousness	ANT
Far into the night	LATE
Fern bar frequenter	YUPPIE
Fund for Justice and Education org	ABA
Gently towels off	PATSDRY
German photographer Bing	ILSE
Give religiously	TITHE
Goalie's protector	MASK
Gold lion for House Lannister, e.g	SIGIL
Goody-goody	PRISS
Gorbachev policy	GLASNOST
Green affix	ECO
Gun on the streets	REV
Gun owner's protection	SAMENDMENT
Hesitant sounds	ERS
Horoscope writer Sydney	OMARR
Humdingers	CORKERS
Incisor-bicuspid go-between	CANINE
It takes the cake	OVEN
Knows the truth about	ISONTO
Labor camps	GULAGS
Last-qtr. month	OCT

Clues	Answers
Laurel and Lee	STANS
Less logical	INANER
Like arctic winters	HARSH
Long wait	AGES
Loudness unit	SONE
Lover of beauty	ESTHETE
Major rtes	HWYS
Marten's cousin	OTTER
Mexican miss: Abbr	SRTA
Modern apology	MYBAD
Moniker for Pete Best or Brian Epstein	FBEATLE
Nettle	MIFF
New York Public Library benefactor	ASTOR
New York's Bravest, e.g	FRESPONDERS
Nine-sided figure	NONAGON
Not cut	ATTEND
NYC's numbered subway lines	IRT
Oases that aren't there	MIRAGES
Old mailing category that included library books	FCLASS
Ones who take off running?	STREAKERS
People of the Nation du Chat	ERIES
Performed one's last single act	SAIDIDO
Personal publicist	HANDLER
Pigment in some primer paints	REDLEAD
Place in a race	COMEINS
Plane that needs little runway, briefly	STOL
Planetarium sight	ORB
Popular course	DESSERT
Prince song 'Baby I'm ___'	ASTAR
Puccini work	TOSCA
Relief map features	RIDGES
Rooney of 'Carol'	MARA
Runaway hit	SMASH
Secret, e.g	DEODORANT
She's got a wool coat	EWE
Siesta time, perhaps	TWOPM
Sinclair Lewis's '___ Timberlane'	CASS
Singer-songwriter J.J	CALE
Southpaw's weapon	LEFTARM
Spanish coins replaced by euros	PESETAS
Spoil a surprise	PEEK
Sri ___ (Indian Ocean native)	LANKAN
Starbucks sizes	TALLS
Stock collection	HERD
Summer shoe style	OPENTOE
Takes turns	ROTATES
Tarboosh toppers	TASSELS
Technical sch	INST
Terr. split in 1889	DAK
Territory	REGION
The 'Pastoral Symphony'	BEETHOVENSS
They get under your collar	TIES
They may be given with a blessing	TISSUES
Think Jimi Hendrix is singing 'kiss this guy'	MISHEAR
Tiger's org	PGA
Tigers' org	MLB
Traveler's stop	INN
Univ. offerings	DEGS
Vichyssoise ingredient	LEEK
Vinland explorer	ERICSON
What the theme answers are in, or what they contain	ORDER
When a fearless coach might go for it	FANDINCHES
Worthy of inclusion in a bibliography	CITABLE
Wyoming resource	COAL
Young hog	SHOAT
___ Janeiro	RIODE