Wall Street Journal - Dec 13 2016 - Chill Out

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Clues Answers
'Rigoletto' composer VERDI
'You Send Me' singer Sam COOKE
'___ was saying...' ASI
*Scarce consolation COLDCOMFORT
*Slight likelihood OUTSIDECHANCE
*They may be seen with pushers in the park BABYCARRIAGES
*Words that might accompany an opening curtain ITSSHOWTIME
Balkan resident SERB
Ballyhoo HYPE
Be sparing GOEASY
Beige ECRU
Brand advertised on many Nascar autos STP
Brought about EFFECTED
Co. letters INC
Coll. mil. group ROTC
Colombian city CALI
Comics supervillain ___ Kadabra ABRA
Compact Mercedes line ACLASS
Daily rise and fall TIDE
Deaf as ___ APOST
Dolls since 1961 KENS
Expert marksman DEADSHOT
Garfield calls him a 'purebred clown' ODIE
Garr of 'Young Frankenstein' TERI
Good thing during a bad spell BRIGHTSPOT
Gordon who said greed is good GEKKO
Hurry, quaintly HIE
It flows into the Colorado at Yuma GILA
It has a string attached YOYO
It may make a row HOE
Its clue is 'Network launched in 1981' ONEDOWN
Key group of officers CADRE
Less polite RUDER
Like an abandoned mansion, perhaps EERIE
Like many pitches OVERARM
Lo-cal LITE
Clues Answers
Lord and Lady Montague's son ROMEO
Make minor improvements to TWEAK
McKellen of the 'X-Men' franchise IAN
Network launched in 1981 MTV
Norwegian king OLAV
Not hurt OKAY
Notion, in Nantes IDEE
One likely to give in SOFTIE
Preoccupy to a distressing extent OBSESS
Prom sight LIMO
Puerto ___ RICO
Remainder REST
Respectful admiration AWE
Seafood entree requiring cracking CRABLEGS
Seahawks coach Carroll PETE
Series with asterisks in its title MASH
Singer Redding OTIS
Smidge TAD
Smoke detector? NOSE
Something not done alone, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers DUET
Sound of woe MOAN
Station in a CBS sitcom WKRP
Stopper, informally KIBOSH
Surgical souvenirs SCARS
Sweet murmur COO
There are ten million in a joule ERGS
Thrusting weapon EPEE
Thus far YET
Troy story ILIAD
Trying to get in the ballpark? ESTIMATING
Unification Church member, informally MOONIE
Up to scratch? ITCHY
Was justified in suing, say HADACASE
Wheaton of 'The Big Bang Theory' WIL
Work welfare org OSHA
Yield from a field CROP