| RIPVANWINKLE | Washington Irving classic |
| LEGEND | "The ___ of Sleepy Hollow"; Washington Irving classic |
| ICHABODCRANE | Timid schoolteacher created by Washington Irving |
| CRANE | Ichabod __ (Washington Irving character) |
| GOTHAM | Urban nickname coined by Washington Irving |
| TALE | Washington Irving offering |
| RIPVAN | Washington Irving character, ... Winkle (3,3) |
| ICHABOD | First name in a Washington Irving story |
| HORSEMAN | *Headless Washington Irving character |
| PSEUDONYM | Diedrich Knickerbocker, for Washington Irving |
| SLEEPYHOLLOW | Washington Irving title setting |
| RIP | Washington Irving hero, informally |
| WINKLE | Rip Van - - -, Washington Irving story |
| SKETCH | The ___ of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 |
| SKETCHBOOK | The - - of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent; collection of essays and stories by Washington Irving (10) |
| VANWINKLE | 1819 short story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years (3,3,6) |
| TALESOFATRAVELLER | Collection of essays and short stories by Washington Irving, using the pen name Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (5,2,1,9) |
| BRACEBRIDGEHALL | 1822 novel by US author Washington Irving set in '[t]he ancientest house' (11,4) |
| BOOK | The - of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 (6,4) |
| VAN | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
