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Story one may mistakenly associate with 'Rip Van Winkle'? (3,3,5)

Ross

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the big sleep

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(Other definitions for the big sleep that I've seen before include "No catnap" , "Raymond Chandler novel, Bogart film" , "Bogart/Bacall film of 1946" , "[BACALL & BOGART] in this!" , "associated with Rip Van Winkle?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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