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

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'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