The answers to the clues are as follows:
- NECTARINE
- ANTACID
- MONEY
- ELASTIC
- OZZY
- FLINTSTONES
- GREEN TEA
- UFO
- ECSTASY
- SASSAFRAS
- TRIUMPH
The title and flavortext suggest Never Not Funny, a popular podcast with comedian Jimmy Pardo. Beginning in Season 14, the free episodes are numbered, while episodes for subscribers are given letters. (Though they are behind a paywall, the information required can be found online at nevernotnotes.com or nevernotwiki.com.) In most of the latter episodes, Jimmy chooses a word beginning with that day's letter, which the others in the studio try to guess for a $5 prize.
All of the answers are words Jimmy has selected. The indices after each clue don't do anything useful, but the initial letters (i.e. the letters of the words' episodes) spell NAME OF GUEST. Therefore, we instead use the indices on the name of the appropriate episode's guest:
Word | Episode | Guest | Index | Letter |
---|---|---|---|---|
NECTARINE | 17N | Rachel QUAINTANCE | 3 | A |
ANTACID | 17A | Cathy LADMAN | 6 | N |
MONEY | 14M | April RICHARDSON | 8 | S |
ELASTIC | 15E | Brooks WHEELAN | 1 | W |
OZZY | 14O | Rich SOMMER | 5 | E |
FLINTSTONES | 15F | Jordan BRADY | 2 | R |
GREENTEA | 14G | Laura HOUSE | 3 | U |
UFO | 15U | Pat FRANCIS | 7 | S |
ECSTASY | 16E | Kulap VILAYSACK | 4 | A |
SASSAFRAS | 14S | Karen KILGARIFF | 4 | G |
TRIUMPH | 16T | Greg BEHRENDT | 2 | E |
Therefore, the answer to the puzzle is USAGE.