Monday, July 7, 2025, Daniel Raymon

The theme is STILLONTHETABLE, and on that table are a pitcher, a plate, and a bowl. Interesting. Since I had no idea what was going on as I was solving it, it played almost like a themeless. 

IOBJECT ("That's not fair, Your Honor!") and AMSTEREO (Band for news radio?) look odd, don't they? It's kind of fun when you look back and can't remember what the heck something is. Also, what does that even mean, "Band for news radio?" Well, it might mean that the failed experiment that was AMSTEREO has been repurposed to talk news stations that don't even use the stereo component, but is that a Monday clue? Does anyone who hasn't just spent a few minutes on Wikipedia even realize this? Am I missing something else? Probably...

It took me a long time, even after knowing the nursery song "FRERE Jacques" and knowing French, to realize that the first word was actually FRERE. Because in spoken French, FRERE is one syllable, but in the song, it is given two syllables. The same is true for Jacques. But then the next two words are spoken normally (dormez-vous?). Language is weird.

See you tomorrow. 

- Horace