Wall Street Journal - Jul 15 2013 - A Matter of Degrees

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Clues Answers
'La Vita Nuova' author DANTE
'Me Talk Pretty One Day' writer SEDARIS
'Neither snow ___...' NOR
'The Sandbox' playwright ALBEE
Actors Bruce and 53-Across DERNS
Apple wares IMACS
Art's Degas EDGAR
Baba ___ (Gilda Radner impersonation) WAWA
Benjamin CNOTE
Billfold spot, often PANTSPOCKET
Bordeaux buddy AMI
Butch Cassidy, for Robert Leroy Parker ALIAS
Came around AWOKE
Came to light AROSE
Celebratory work ODE
Comfortable role NICHE
Creosote source TAR
Crumple into a ball WADUP
Dell wares PCS
Do the wrong thing ERR
Down SAD
German photographer Bing ILSE
Grind down ERODE
H look-alike ETA
Handle SEETO
Hate crime perpetrator, perhaps RACIST
Have a late repast SUP
Hero of a Monteverdi opera ORFEO
Hostess treats akin to Drake's Yodels HOHOS
Hula accompanier UKE
In search of AFTER
Inhibits DETERS
Invites ASKS
Kindle read EBOOK
Knight's title on 'Game of Thrones' SER
Lab container? DOGHOUSE
Like corsets LACED
Clues Answers
Like Ritz cracker edges SCALLOPED
Like some communities GATED
Like some peanuts SALTED
Make a case PLEAD
Mayor Beame ABE
Model Bruni who's married to Nicolas Sarkozy CARLA
Mortgage, e.g LIEN
On ___ (having a successful streak) ATEAR
Org. for the Jets and the Sharks NHL
Pass over OMIT
Pear variety ANJOU
Perrier product SPRINGWATER
Person who takes a stand WITNESS
Polite address MAAM
Possibly, poetically PERCHANCE
Post JOB
Powder container KEG
Put on the table SERVE
Rock's John ELTON
Rocky peak TOR
Sacher torte, for example CHOCOLATECAKE
Salon stuff GEL
See 66-Across LAURA
Shooting sport SKEET
Silver ___ (photography compound) IODIDE
Simile section ASA
Some sculptures TORSI
Story topper HEADLINE
Swimming unit LAP
Tony, e.g AWARD
Tree hanging TINSEL
TV's Longoria EVA
Umlaut half DOT
Used to be WAS
Vegetarian credo NOMEAT
Whiskey bar offering SHOTS
Word that can precede either half of each shaded answer HOT