| YATES | David _, director of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (5) |
| JUDELAW | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore actor: 2 wds. |
| JUDE | - Law, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore actor (4) |
| DAVID | With 38-Across, director of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" |
| FANTASTIC | Movie sequel subtitled The Secrets Of Dumbledore (9,6) |
| BEASTS | Movie sequel subtitled The Secrets Of Dumbledore (9,6) |
| EDDIE | The Theory of Everything star who plays Newt Scamander in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, ___Redmayne (5) |
| LYNCH | David _, director of Twin Peaks (5) |
| SALLE | David ___, director of "Search and Destroy": 1995 |
| DANTE | "Aristotle and ___ Discover the Secrets of the Universe" (award-winning Y.A. book by Benjamin Alire Senz) |
| FRIED | 1991 film with the tagline "The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce" |
| ALBUS | First name of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books (5) |
| BEARD | Feature of Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts |
| LUPIN | Werewolf friend of Dumbledore |
| SPIES | Characters in Lara Prescott's novel "The Secrets We Kept" |
| TYGER | William Blake's "burning bright" beast, The _ (5) |
| STOAT | Thanks to this beast, the thermostat's finally broken (5) |
| REDMAYNE | Star of the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (5,8) |
| ELAND | Horned beast the last to come |
| DEPP | Portrayer of Grindelwald in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" |