Children's dog houses in display initially — placed here? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
bow window
'children's dog houses in display initially placed here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'display initially placed here?' is the wordplay.
'display' becomes 'window' (window is a kind of display).
'initially' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'placed here?' becomes 'bow' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'window' after 'bow' is 'BOW-WINDOW'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bow window that I've seen before include "Curved glass-filled opening" , "light" , "Look-out place" , "niche inside it?" , "Curved fenestration" .)