Thank you! For that clue, the thinking is: “Rear window” is meant to bring to mind the Hitchcock movie as a misdirect. The answer is a reference to child “rear”ing, with “window” being an interval of time. MATERNITYLEAVE being a window of time for child rearing.
Echser 15:50 · 2024-12-16T21:12:36.268Z
Great puzzle, but the cluing in the ASSESSRAISELINTOLE made me need to reveal a few letters. Good puzzle, but that section is a tight spot :)
love all the long across answers, especially FIRSTTIMECALLER. had to do a lot a revealing with proper nouns crossing each other, but i learned a lot of new things in this crossword. love the surfing callback in ESPN and SEA--impressive find!