Here's a quick explanation of tonight's diary title.
I often use these puzzle to spotlight people and things I think are deserving of attention. Last June I used a JulieCrostic to spotlight March (Book One) (which I bought, and thoroughly enjoyed) and more recently I used a JulieCrostic to spotlight Fortunately The Milk (which I checked out of the library and thoroughly enjoyed).
Tonight's diary again spotlight's something I think is worth your attention. Is it something you might want to buy, or something you might want to look at? Well, first things first. The puzzle awaits you, below the orange thing...
Here are the clues for tonight's JulieCrostic. If you're a Sunday Puzzle regular, jump right in. (If you're new and don't know yet how this kind of puzzle works, you can find complete instructions in last night's Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up -- which also contains a hint to the answer to tonight's puzzle, in case you get stuck.)
1. first part of a drink
2. like a buzzer
3. willow
4. one of twelve peers
5. he discovered what gave the FF their powers
6. water tool
7. obscures
8. second of two stories
9. might be mad
10. death's talking
11. one of two stories
12. I see blind man's heart
13. the top should match the bottom
14. emulates Sarah Palin
15. Dionne's kids
16. looking like eyes are partly closed
17. immediately
18. collection of aphorisms
19. trophy
20. evolves
21. guy who's good with hockey stick
22. gift from god
23. follower of God for a conservative or master for a pacifist
24. my lady
25. big tip
26. bags
27. before you, each morning, according to multinational company
28. people at the track
29. impulse, informally
30. immature online nuisance
31. be unfaithful
32. Simonson's bill
33. sheltered
34. well-known fictional ship's captain
35. tree-lined paths
36. claims
37. cauliflower dog
38. periods of time
39. one who remains
40. phone button
41. people who know what they're doing
42. lines
43. pretender
44. belonging to the continent
45. shirts
46. Avery Williams
47. former nuisance
48. people who know what they're doing
49. chair
50. deluge
51. what she's wearing
52. Pittsburgh bay
53. nothing
54. kind of nest
As usual
(a) don't trust the clue capitalization;
(b) also don't trust the clue punctuation;
(c) you might want to be a little wary of word spacing as well;
(d) and especially don't trust the way the clues are grouped; the gremlins like to put the clues into tidy little bunches of three regardless of how many answers there actually are in a row.
I'm running a few minutes late, so I'd better post this diary now and I"ll add a few more bits of information in comments...