Re: Bomb, Bond, or Box -- Quiz Quilt 189 Puzzle

[ Literature & Arts ]
What Washington Irving character made a deal with the Devil to get
rid of his wife?
?????R?? (I can't recall.)

[ Math & Science ]
What alloy is made from copper and tin and sometimes phosphorus,
zinc, and small amounts of other elements?
BRONZE (this or brass, but I think brass is copper and zinc primarily
-- anyway, it fits the quilt)

[ Entertainment & Food ]
What show business magazine debuted on December 16, 1905?
VARIETY

[ History & Government ]
What was the other country formed by the independence and
partitioning of India in 1947?
PAKISTAN

[ Geography & Nature ]
In what town is Dartmouth College located?
HANOVER (NH)

[ Sports & Games ]
What NBA player was known as Mad Max?
MAXWELL (Cedric)

Quilt = LETTER (6th column upward). That was my original guess, and
for once I didn't have to abandon it. I can't recall the character
names in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but I think that's where
[Literature & Arts] comes from.
.

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