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Answer for the clue "Detonating on IOW left weird light in bay ", 12 letters:
oriel window

Word definitions for oriel window in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall [syn: oriel ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An oriel window is a form of bay window which projects from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. Supported by corbels , brackets or similar, an oriel window is most commonly found projecting from an upper floor but is also sometimes ...

Usage examples of oriel window.

Lord Gavril reached the source of the light: a great oriel window, boarded and bricked up, with just a few cracked panes at the top still letting in the daylight& and the rain.

She was now little more than a shadow, outlined againstthe faint light coming through the oriel window.

As he started to buckle at the knees, already deep asleep, Morgan shifted control and steadied him enough to walk him carefully back to the seat in the oriel window.

The old man had been nodding in the meager sunshine of an oriel window at the other end of the room when they entered and woke with a start as the door closed behind them.

Hidden behind the tapestries is a little oriel window, covered over because it lets in the cold, and under it a low seat just large enough for me.

Heath rose but, instead of going to the door, walked to the oriel window.

He stepped stealthily out of the wainscoting, with an evil smile on his cruel, wrinkled mouth, and the moon hid her face in a cloud as he stole past the great oriel window, where his own arms and those of his murdered wife were blazoned in azure and gold.

She picked up and put down a pair of satin shoes, and wandered out onto the tiny balcony of her oriel window.