| RIPVAN | Washington Irving character who woke after sleeping for many years, ... Winkle (3,3) |
| RIPVANWINKLE | Washington Irving character who fell asleep for twenty years (3,3,6) |
| TSGARP | John Irving character famously played by Robin Williams |
| EVERLY | Brothers who woke up Little Susie (6) |
| GETSUP | Rises from bed after sleeping (4,2) |
| WINKLE | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
| GOTHAM | Nickname for New York City popularised by writer Washington Irving |
| CRANE | Ichabod __ (Washington Irving character) |
| ICHABOD | Washington Irving character Crane |
| HORSEMAN | *Headless Washington Irving character |
| SKETCH | The ___ of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 |
| LEGEND | The ___ of Sleepy Hollow, story by Washington Irving |
| HOLLOW | The Legend of Sleepy ___ (1820 short story by Washington Irving) |
| SLEEPY | The Legend of ___ Hollow, Washington Irving story (6) |
| CRAYON | Wax pencil that, like Washington Irving, doodles, scrawls and scribbles (6) |
| PJS | Attire for sleeping for short |
| NAP | Sleeping for a short period of time (3) |
| SNOOZERS | People sleeping for just a few more minutes |
| MICHAEL | ___ Mcintyre, comic who woke 6D in his own home to play Midnight Gameshow for his Big Show (7) |
| CRAB | One who woke up on the wrong side of the bed, say |
