| JUDELAW | Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts" (2018) |
| GAMBON | Sir Michael -, actor whose roles have included Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter's drama The Singing Detective and Albus Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films (6) |
| ARIANA | Sister of Albus Dumbledore, in the Harry Potter books |
| FAWKES | Animal companion of Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter (6) |
| CIARANHUNDS | Irish actor who played the role of Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and whose films include Munich, Justice League and The Debt (6,5) |
| MICHAELGAMBON | Irish actor who played Professor Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films, replacing the late "16" |
| RICHARDHARRIS | Late Irish actor who played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films (7,6) |
| HAGRID | You don't insult Albus Dumbledore in front of him |
| ALBUS | First name of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books (5) |
| EDDIE | He's Newt in 'Fantastic Beasts' films |
| EZRA | ___ Miller plays Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (4) |
| SAMANTHA | _ Morton, appeared in Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (8) |
| DEPP | Grindelwald's portrayer in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" |
| THEM | Eddie Redmayne stars in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find - (4) |
| UNICORN | Place to study cause of limping in fantastic beast |
| JOHN | With 14-Across: veteran actor who will play Albus Dumbledore in HBO's forthcoming "Harry Potter" series, as he confirmed this week |
| JUDE | - Law, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore actor (4) |
| YATES | David _, director of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (5) |
| PROFS | Dumbledore and Snape, in brief |
| SMUGGLED | Non-magical type in school Dumbledore initially ran (8) |