Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Crossword by Adrian Hoad-Reddick

WARNING! This crossword is cursed with SPOILERS that may cause distress in Muggles who
have not read the book. Do not attempt without doing your required reading!
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ACROSS CLUES 9 Junior Minister who 17 She is married to 21 Harry's private

fancies himself a Lucius (8) tutor in Year Six
5 Arithmancy
duck (7) (10)
Professor (6) 18 Wand vendor
11 He takes the missing from 22 Retired Head of
8 Dumbledore's
unbreakable vow Diagon Alley (10) Slytherin who has
maxim "Don't count
with Narcissa (5) returned to teach
your ____ before 19 Gigantic talking
Potions (8)
they are delivered" 14 Sirius Black's spider of Hagrid's
(4) Hogwarts house acquaintance (6) 27 See 23 Down
(10)
29 Spell that will save
you from having to
 perform the 55/46 Village into 20 House elf that 40 The separation of
Heimlich which Harry Harry inherits with random body parts
manouevre (7) apparates for the 12 Grimmauld during Apparition
first time (8,9) Place (8) (10)
30 Young blond witch
who sells Wizard 56 Arthur Weasley's 23/27 Young witch 41 Voldemort's mother
Wheezes (6) pet name for his Auror and one of (6)
wife (12) the Order entrusted
32 Death Eater 42 The most powerful
to guard Hogwarts
deserter found 57 Harry (thankfully) love potion (10)
(with 27 Across)
dead in a shack (9) no longer takes this
(10,5) 43 Hermoine confunds
course (10)
35 Buckbeak's new him during
24 Spell that Harry
name (11) DOWN CLUES Quidditch tryouts
uses to remove the
(8)
37 Object into which 1 Dumbledore's cover from his
one can conceal favourite jam (9) Potions text (8) 44 Sirius' cousin and
part of their soul (7) Narcissa's sister
2 Author of Blood 25 Sidestreet devoted
(9)
38 The Prophecy Brothers: My Life to the Dark Arts
states that "Neither Amongst the (9,5) 45 One of the 3Ds of
can live while the Vampires (6,6) Apparating (11)
26 Corpses bewitched
______ survives"
3 See 48 to do a Dark 48/3 Fudge's successor
(5)
Wizard's bidding (5,10)
4/15 Ice cream
39/39D Liquid luck (5,7) (6)
salesman in 49 See 34
41 Colour of the robes Diagon Alley (7,9) 28 She is cursed by 50 Stone from a goat's
worn by saleshelp an opal necklace
6 Apparition stomach used to
in Weasley's (5,4)
instructor (8) protect one from
Wizard Wheezes
31 Merope's brother most poisons (6)
(7) 7 Mind-reader;
Voldemort is the (6) 52 The Weasleys call
46 See 55 Across
most accomplished 33 Scrimgeour was Fleur this (6)
47 Language spoken one (10) Head of the
by Morfin when he ______ Office prior
10 He crashes
tells Ogden that he to his appointment
Slughorn's
is not welcome (12) as Minister for
Christmas party (5)
51 Engaged to Bill (5) Magic (5)
12 Name of Ginny's
52 You'll need an ‘O’ purple Pygmy Puff 34/49 The most
in this course to (6) savage werewolf
pursue a career as (and Malfoy family
13 Voldemort's friend) (6,8)
an Auror (if Snape
grandfather:
is teaching it) (7) 35 Invisible creature
________ Gaunt
53 Head of the Dep't (7) that floats in
of Magical Law through your ears
15 See 4 and makes your
Enforcement
Squad who 16 Ginny Weasley's brain go fuzzy (10)
investigates the snog-mate (4,6) 36 Auror assigned to
Gaunts (3,5) 17 Snake thought to protect the Muggle
54 Malfoy's embody part of Prime Minister (11)
grandfather's name Voldemort's soul 39 See 39 Across
(7) (6)