Ah, the joys of queuing for the new Harry Potter release – midnight in an almost-shuttered shopping mall in Walthamstow (while Marjorie was at some branch of Waterstones in central London). Except by the time this one came out, we were in New Zealand and everything was at the much more civilised hour of 1 p.m.
ACROSS
1 OPUS; hidden rev.
4 CHIFFONIER; anag.
9 HERMIONE GRANGER; anag. in her anger
10 ANGLO-IRISH; anag.
12 HEEL; he e,l & lit.
13 KIEV; K i.e. v
15 GENERALIST; gen era list
17 RON WEASLEY; anag.
19 GASH; gas H
20 WHIP; w hip
22 ECOTOURIST; Co. to Ur in anag.
24 TRANSPOSITIONAL; pos(t) in transitional
26 YESTERYEAR; yes + rye in tear
27 TIER; tie r
DOWN
2 PAEAN; a,a in pen
3 SIMPLE VOW; anag.
4 CLOSING DATE; losing in CD + at e
5 IBERIAN; I + ire (rev.) in ban
6 FOR; of (rev.) + r
7 NINTH; hidden
8 ELEVENSES; even in else s
11 HARRY POTTER; harry p otter
14 IRON HORSE; I r on + r in hose
16 LAGER LOUT; lag er l out
18 LOOK-SEE; OK in lose E
21 PINOT; to nip (rev.)
23 SNAPE; snap! E
25 PAR; pa(I)r
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