The reveal is hidden at 39-Down. Medicine dispenser, and, in another way, a hint to the answers to starred clues : DROPPER. (DROP "PER")
17-Across. *Bargain dairy product? : ONE CENT MILK. One percent milk. Anyone who was alive during the Great Depression will remember milk selling for a penny a quart.
32-Across. *Nickname for a roller coaster highlight? : THE BIG DIP. The Big Dipper. Much better than "The Big Loo"...
37-Across. *Security workers asleep on the job? : BUM GUARDS. Bumper guards.
52-Across. *Really hot cold drink? : JALAPENO POP. Jalapeno popper. This was my favorite entry.
Just missing the Q for a pangram. Nicely done C6D6 Peg! Let's look at the nuts and bolts in the rest.
Across
1. Roam : GAD. Usually with "about."
4. Got ready for company, perhaps : SWEPT.
9. Norse shape-shifter : LOKI. Also, the evil villain in the 2012 movie "The Avengers."
13. Word often following "further" : ADO.
14. One adopting a puppy, say : NAMER. I might have considered putting NAMEs crossing TsE in this spot.
15. The Tempter : SATAN.
16. Trivial amount : SOU.
19. Go out : EBB. I toyed with "die" (like a fire).
20. Dedicated lines : ODES.
21. Eliminates completely : ERASES.
22. Bar supply : SELTZER.
24. Farm cries : BAAS. In Boston, BAAs are where we mix drinks with seltzer.
25. Vessel with a spout : EWER.
26. Database command : SORT.
27. Spots : ADS. I was on the "vision" line of thinking, so it took way too long to come up with this short name for advertisements.
30. __ of roses : ATTAR. Immediately started filling in "a bed," but ran out of letters before squares.
34. Reclined : LAIN.
35. Easily provoked : FIERY.
36. Soap containing ground pumice : LAVA.
39. Only Dwarf without a beard : DOPEY.
40. Had : ATE.
41. Goes after : SUES.
42. Oath for toondom's Dick Dastardly : DRAT.
43. Provide money for : FUND.
44. It's named for a trapeze artist : LEOTARD. When Leo Tard's accountant asked him what was his net worth, he answered "Every penny!"
47. Turkish tabby : ANGORA.
50. Deaden, as a piano string : DAMP.
51. Reason for an extra period : TIE.
54. Violin ending : IST.
55. Cuckoopints, e.g. : ARUMS. We used to call these flowers "Jack in the Pulpit."
56. Merge : UNITE.
57. "Well now!" : OHO.
58. Bar offerings : RYES.
59. It's a stunner : TASER.
60. Reject : NIX.
Down
1. They may be noble : GASES.
2. __ Reader : ADOBE.
3. Holiday rate, perhaps : DOUBLE TIME.
4. Loser-to-be? : SNOOZER. "You snooze, you lose!"
5. Stray : WANDER. I was on the "Tom cat" track.
6. Arab potentate : EMEER. Var. of "emir."
7. Muscle mag display : PECS.
8. Green Day drummer __ Cool : TRE. This was probably one of his best performances. 0:21
9. Lorenzo of "Renegade" : LAMAS. I remember him from "Falcon Crest."
10. Man with rising aspirations? : OTIS. Haha. The elevator guy.
11. Iron-rich cabbage : KALE. I love sautéed KALE.
12. Signs : INKS.
15. Layered clouds : STRATI.
18. Neighboring : NEARBY.
23. Bluegrass characteristic : TWANG.
24. Transvaal settlers : BOERS.
26. Shakes off : SHEDS. My cats are getting rid of their winter coats. I could make another cat from what they have SHED.
27. 2002 Cage/Streep film : ADAPTATION. I missed that one, but I did see "Being John Malkovich," which is part of the plot.
28. Honky-tonk : DIVE.
29. Fix, in a way : SPAY.
30. Goya's "The Duchess of __" : ALBA. He was supposedly romantically involved with her.
31. Stretched : TAUT.
32. Overused : TIRED.
33. Unsportsmanlike look : GLOAT.
35. Regional animal life : FAUNAE. I don't think I have ever seen this plural outside of scientific journals.
38. Seizes unlawfully : USURPS.
42. Bump at the office, maybe : DEMOTE.
43. Bar heads : FOAMS.
44. Blue gem, briefly : LAPIS.
45. Hindu sage : RISHI.
46. Withdrawal process : DETOX.
47. Open a touch : AJAR.
48. Not : NARY...a clue.
49. Kindergarten staple : GLUE.
50. Spanish lady : DONA.
53. Hardware item : NUT. Sometimes you feel like a hardware item...sometimes you don't.
T.G.I.F. !
Marti
