The Great Crossword Caper

In an effort to help the students earn enough money to help pay for things that they might want or need, the Hogwarts Express is proud to present the Crossword Caper.

The rules are quite simple. To the right, you see a crossword puzzle and a series of clues. This week's puzzle happens to be about magical beasts. What will happen is the following:

1) Do your best to complete the crossword as completely as you can.

2) E-mail your answers to Crossword@leaky-cauldron.co.uk (you can just put your answer after the clue, there is no need to send a picture of the completed puzzle)

3) Each right answer will get you $2, and all those that answer all correctly will be entered into a drawing for an extra $50 prize.

  

ACROSS
1 10 varieties, none too friendly
4 Their sting will leave your head in the clouds
8 I vant to suck your blood
10 They kill each other with their horns during mating season
12 The Wizarding World’s baseball
14 Ron's favorite, they can be quite hairy

17 need a light?
20 Tim Burton’s “Zero” may have been related
22 Arise from the ashes
25 This feline is thought to be the most dangerous creature in all the world
27 Prefers to be left alone and do nothing
28 Dai Llewelleyn’s murderer
29 Ron's arch rival is probably half one 30 Monkey? Frog? No, it's a ________

DOWN
2 Buried treasure doesn't stand a chance
3 Stargazer
4 Powder this horn for a change of face. 5 This bird needs a silencing charm
6 Get them to bend over, and it's all over for these scaly monkeys
7 The Riddler’s inspiration
9 Cry Riddikulus
11 Dumber than a doorknob, but bigger than a house
13 Make sure to bring your microscope, these guys can shrink
15 Keep their eggs frozen for potions use
16 Never look it in the eye
18 Madame Maxime was pulled by this
19 A thief's best friend
21 My that’s a pointy horn you have
23 Rumor has it that Godric owned one
24 Long live the revolution
26 Hagrid's a half of one

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Cannons - Cont'd
      

Clubs of Evil - By Coraline De Magpyr

It seems one cannot step foot outside a dorm without being confronted. Would you like to make a donation to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dragons? or Im sorry, you cant come in here, were having a Guild of the Blessed meeting. Clubs. Theyre everywhere. For everything.

Cruelty to Dragons? Dragons do a pretty good job of looking after themselves, in my opinion. I stumbled in on one of their meetings and actually heard someone say it wasnt the dragons fault that we were good to eat! As for the Guild of the Blessed, they asked me to join - which just goes to show how warped their worldview is.

I grew up knowing that clubs were bad, dank places above decent shops where strange, smiling people gathered around nylon string guitars and made a strange wailing. Some people around here were not so fortunate. Now clubs are infiltrating our school and noone is doing a thing to stop it.

Well, Im not going to stand for it, and neither should you! I implore you, if you are reading this newspaper and can recognize the evil spreading through our classrooms, stand for what is right and true. Do not join a club! I mean really, what were the Voldemorts Death Eaters if not a glorified gentlemans club? And nobody wants to be like the Dark Lord, do they?

Clubs are a vile disease that cause a society to rot and waste away from the inside out. They attach themselves to their host at a time when it is most receptive but soon the society is in a shambles of rivalry. If this doesnt stop now, soon well all be hitting one another over the head with chairs.

They, too, did a lap around the Pitch. Kelly, the Keeper headed the pack. Their Captain, Burke, who was one of their Beaters, followed him. After Bourke came Dingo, the other Beater. The Chasers came next: Lawson, Peterson and Marsden. These three women were a hard team to get the Quaffle from. Last came Wills, the Seeker. Dingo’s the most aggressive player on the team and my favourite.

The game commenced and it was hard, fast and furious. The Cannons were certainly putting up a fight, but it wasn’t enough. After three hours of play and one time out, they trailed 60 to 10.

Already Bennett, Helsby and Rothwell were sporting injuries, not severe but bad enough to slow them down. Bennett had blocked an attempt at goal with her head, so she had nicely blacked eyes and a broken nose. A Bludger, that hadn’t been intercepted by either Senior or Phillips, had battered both Helsby and Rothwell.

Play resumed and became even more interesting. The Outbacks flew rings around the Cannons and it became apparent that the Cannons were going to lose – again! However, they managed to eventually get three goals and that might have inspired them a bit. The score was now 70 to 40 and they were catching up.


  

The crowd screamed when the two Seekers suddenly came into play. Dingo hit a Bludger towards Buckley. He couldn’t dodge and took it to his right shoulder, which looked like it had been smashed. Unable to keep his seat, he wobbled and fell. The screaming crowd got louder and gasped when he managed to snag his broom with his left hand. He hung there.

Wills looked ecstatic as he realized that Buckley would most likely be forced to leave the field. But in the excitement, he lost sight of the Snitch. At this point I groaned, it was just careless to lose concentration like that!

Buckley, meanwhile, was swinging his legs and managed to remount his broom. Then he looked up, quickly extended his left arm, gripped the broom with his legs, almost lost his seat again as he lunged sideways, righted himself and waved his hand around. The crowd went wild! He held the snitch above his head for everyone to see!

It was unbelievable – the Chudley Cannons had won the game 190 to 70! It was certainly a match worth watching!

Kelly called out, “Onya mate!” as he congratulated the Cannons on their game.

I had just seen history being made. Maybe the Cannons should change their motto back to “We Shall Conquer.”

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