| RHYMESTER | Merry's the work of McGonagall, say (9) |
| POETASTER | Mcgonagall, say, is one who samples mystery writer (9) |
| INVERSE | Contrary writing style of McGonagall? (7) |
| SAD | Merry's opposite |
| TRAGEDIAN | Mcgonagall, maybe, treading a dangerous path (9) |
| TAYBRIDGE | Volunteers return by high ground bewailed by McGonagall (3,6) |
| GERICAULT | The work of which French painter, a pioneer of the Romantic Movement, includes The Raft of the Medus |
| OPERATION | It's the era of the potion or the work of the specialist (9) |
| SMITH | Actress whose roles have included Professor McGonagall, the title character in Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van and Violet Crawley (5) |
| TAY | William McGonagall wrote the notoriously awful poem, The ... Bridge Disaster |
| NINETY | "Alas! I am very sorry to say / That ____ lives have been taken away" (The Tay Bridge Disaster, William McGonagall) |
| SNAPE | Colleague of Hagrid and McGonagall |
| ACTUARIAL | Of the work of statisticians who calculate insurance premiums (9) |
| APHRODITE | Pair do the work of the deity (9) |
| MINERVA | First name of Professor McGonagall in J K Rowling's Harry Potter books (7) |
| RHYMERS | Myrrh's thrown over European scribes such as McGonagall |
| MAGGIESMITH | She played Professor McGonagall |
| ROWLING | Author who created professors Snape and McGonagall |
| POETISER | Someone trying to impress about alien singularity - Mcgonagall, for example (8) |
| NIMBUS | _ 2000, broomstick given to Harry Potter by Professor McGonagall (6) |
