seasonal - Compound word cousins

Find a single word answer with the property that compound words formed from the answer have a word in common with compound words formed from each of the following :

Text version:

BERRY  BOTTLE  CRYSTAL   CUSHION   FLY      HIGH  
HIKE   INDEX   KETTLE    MARKET    MUSTARD  PLAYER  
POT    RED     RING      ROCKET    SALAD    SNOW    
SWEET  TIME    TROPICAL  VACUUM    VOICE    WINE    

For example: the words FAMILY, RADISH, SKI are connected in this way by CHESTNUT:

family tree - chestnut tree, horseradish - horse chestnut, waterski - water chestnut.

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Updates and clarifications upgraded:

1. The answer is associated with the two types of compound words used: open and closed.


2. There is a different link word for each of the 24 grid words.


3. The grid shape was cracked by M Oehm in a comment:
   

   
   

   The 6x4 grid looks a bit like an advent calendar.

   
   

   
   


4. Inspiration: To Do, Or Do Without by Hugh Meyers.

Answer

I think the answer is:

window.

The associated compound words could be:

bayberry — bay window
glass bottle — windowglass
crystal lattice — lattice window

seat cushion — window seat
flyscreen — windowscreen
high time — time window
tax hike — window tax
index case — window case
electric kettle — electric window
transfer market — transfer window
french mustard — french window
player-manager — window manager
pot marigold — marigold window

rose-red — rose window
keyring — Windows key
rocket launch — launch window
salad dressing — window dressing
snowmobile — Windows Mobile
sweet shop — shop window
time frame — window frame
tropical storm — storm window
vacuum cleaner — window cleaner
voice box — window box

winemaker — windowmaker

Some of these work better than others, but a few, especially cleaner and dressing, fit remarkably well. I'm sure I haven't got all the intended answers and some are a bit of a stretch. Googling "window" yiedls a lot of stuff related to our favourite OS and consequently I've taken the liberty to include references. (I find Windows key acceptable, but Windows Mobile a bit of a stretch. Perhaps a windows mobile might be something hanging in the window of a nursery. Funny how many things you can combine with French and with bay.)

Possible links I didn't use: sash, front, shopping, light, pane, sill, picture.

Finally, the hints:

The answer is associated with the two types of compound words used: open and closed. — Like compound words, windows may also be open and closed.

The 6x4 grid looks a bit like an advent calendar. — A classical advent calendar has 24 small windows.

Inspiration: To Do, Or Do Without by Hugh Meyers. — That puzzle was about doors, which are related to windows in that they are openings in walls.

(My first thought was that the answer could be door here, too. There were some promising pairs, for example door / bottle opener and keyring / door key. But when I learned about the window tax and saw the window cleaner and widow dressing solutions, I changed my mind to window.)