| HUFFLEPUFF | House of Hogwarts in the 'Harry Potter' series symbolised by a badger (10) |
| SLUGHORN | Horace, Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series (8) |
| RAVENCLAW | One of the houses of Hogwarts |
| ARGUSFILCH | Caretaker of Hogwarts in J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories |
| ROWENA | ____ Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts in Harry Potter (6) |
| LANCASHIRE | County symbolised by a red rose (10) |
| COOLHEADED | 'Don't panic!' types symbolised by a doodle each (4,6) |
| NEST | A bed of a being, bink of a bee, burrow of a badger or literal "sitting-down place" of a bird, built in the process of nidification; or, the brood occupying such a breeding ground (4) |
| FINCH | Caretaker of Hogwarts in J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories (5,5) |
| ARGUS | Caretaker of Hogwarts in J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories (5,5) |
| MCGONAGALL | Minerva _, headmistress of Hogwarts School (10) |
| DUMBLEDORE | Headmaster of Hogwarts (10) |
| RONWEASLEY | Redhead of Hogwarts |
| GRUS | Symbolised by a crane, one of the constellations named after a bird, along with Aquila the Eagle, Columba the Dove, Corvus the Crow, Cygnus the Swan and others (4) |
| GROWABEARD | Get some whiskers, all over a badger row! (4,1,5) |
| TRUST | National -; co-founded by Octavia Hill in 1895 and symbolised by a spray of oak leaves, a UK charity that preserves places of historic interest or natural beauty (5) |
| MERC | A short or informal name of a car symbolised by a three-pointed star; or, a soldier of fortune (4) |
| OCCLUDED | On a weather map, the kind of front symbolised by a combination of spikes and semi-circles |
| FOUR | Number of Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter series (4) |
| COMEDY | Opposite of tragedy in ancient Greek theatre, symbolised by a sock; humorous film, play or event; or, a story with a happy ending (6) |
