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Curious to discover more about the Susan Lucci / Gargantua / Gabe from the Office venn diagram (which includes me, apparently, and I don't know how I feel about that). The clue with 'Under the Volcano' seems like you would know the answer if you're even vaguely aware of the premise but is otherwise mystifying and perhaps tough to get on crosses. Curious on this one because I don't think either the book or movie are widely known at this point. Mites / motes is pretty suspect. Elk was funny. Moil, though? The cross forced it but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

I grew up in Boston, but I rarely have an audible Boston accent. However, I can't say the word "perter" *or* hear it in my head without the accent. I've been struggling with this for a few hours now. It's tripped some strange linguistic wire. Thankfully, the number of times I've used the word "pert" in my life is vanishingly small, and if I ever have to use it in a comparison I'll just use "more pert".

Someone's got to say it... This puzzle is for the children!