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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 309

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 309. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Glazed opening floats over desktop but not in the plural here.

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window

Glazed opening (a window) floats over desktop (windows do) but not in the plural here (no Windows, thank you).

2: Representative symbol venerated by the orthodox.

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icon

Representative symbol (an icon) venerated by the orthodox (they are).

3: À la carte bar to top it all with commands.

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menu

À la carte (an order from the menu) bar (what it is) to top it all (where it is) with commands (what it contains).

The common factor

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They’re the first three items in the WIMP human interface, although sometimes the M is taken as standing for mouse.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.