Chamber of Secrets

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Potent avian drops capable of neutralizing dead venom in seconds (5)
• Squib caretaker whose beloved feline was the first casualty discovered (5)
• Voldemort's middle-class maiden surname etched upon an old diary (6)
• Over-eager first-year whose camera lens absorbed a deadly gaze (7)
• Absorbed liquid that vanished beneath ruled lines without a stain (3)
• Turquoise aerial transport that went feral after colliding with a tree (3)
• Sibilant dialect that opens sink basins and alarms duel spectators (12)
• Basin with an inoperative tap marked by an etched serpent (4)
• Silver weapon pulled from dusty headwear in an hour of desperate need (5)
• Plumbing channel serving as an subterranean monster highway (4)
• Bat-eared meddler whose attempts to rescue Harry nearly killed him (5)
• Long-awaited descendant prophesied to purge the halls of muggle-borns (4)
• Memory charm that reversed through a taped wand upon its caster (5)

Down

• Eight-legged creature fleeing in orderly files before a dread rival (6)
• Blank pages that talk back, once purchased on Vauxhall Road (5)
• Cast-off emerald skin left behind as a monster expands in size (4)
• Floor puddle that softened an attack on an unfortunate feline (5)
• Golden-locked fraud who loved autographs more than actual heroics (8)
• Subterranean cavern where Aragog bred hundreds of carnivorous offspring (4)
• Herbal concoction stewed from crying plants to reverse petrification (7)
• Grim five-hundredth anniversary banquet featuring rotting food (8)
• Simmering potion brewed in a stall to borrow another's countenance (9)
• Condition of looking at lethal eyes through water or mirrors (9)
• Engraved copper emblem sliding on a tap, or a conjured dueling beast (5)

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