Down

1. He disappeared from the town leaving everyone puzzled

3. Irving's favorite books as a child were all ________ stories

6. At the Van Tassel party, the men sat around and told these

7. This place was named for it's peaceful solitude (2 words - include space in puzzle)

9. This last name of a character is also the name of a bird

10. Nickname for Abraham

12. In 1809, Irving's fiancee died at the age of _________

13. What wives named the town where husbands loitered in taverns

Across

2. Beautiful character who wore colors of yellow and gold

4. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was inspired by a German _________.

5. The lads of Sleepy Hollow were often called ________

8. Place where Irving found names for his characters

11. Irving began his career writing for _________

14. The ancestry of the Sleepy Hollow settlers

15. Washington's home in NY where he lived the last years of his life

16. Irving was named after his parents' hero, __________