Solution: 11/24

Answer: LATENT

Add things that could intrude through an open window to various household items: butterFLY knife, rANTing light, frying DUSTpan, telephone BEEline, violin RAINbow, vegeMITE table.

Author’s Notes

Earlier in the month I left my window open and a wasp/yellow jacket flew in and I waited for a long time for it to leave. Then it happened again in my dream when a bunch of yellow jackets flew in and even though we killed them, we didn't discard them properly and so we were effectively trapped inside with an angry swarm outside.