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This week's theme: Harry Potter

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Across

1. * Non-magic folk
8. * The wizards' prison
14. * One of Harry's nasty caretakers at 4 Privet Drive ...but he's backwards?
16. Brazilian city, commonly
17. Q. "What's the 21st letter of the Alphabet?" A. "It's either T __ _ _ believe."
18. Give expression
19. * Fine item available at Ollivanders
20. Either or. Neither ___.
22. Initials of the British singer who sings "Maggie May"
23. Unit of money in Bulgaria
24. * Said at a screening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "This is a big ___ movie, so I hope it's really good!"
27. * Motto of Hogwarts: "Draco ___ Nunquam Titillandus" (Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon)
31. * The Bloody ___ (See #43A for a Related Clue)
32. Egg-Shaped, without the "al"
33. Sort of Boat, minus the "Can"
34. Quality of a color
35. One of the Muses of ancient Greece
36. Move unsteadily, without the "bble"
37. * He portrays Ron Weasley, the pal of Harry, in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001): ___ Grint
39. Hartford's locale on an env.
40. * Where wizards go to shop, with Diagon
42. Sun God of ancient Egypt
43. * Nearly Headless Nick and #31A
46. * Young actor chosen to portray Harry Potter in the movies (Initials)
47. * Ex-husband of J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter books: ___ Arantes
50. Polite form of address for a woman, minus the "M"
51. Mr. Pacino
52. Per Item, for short
53. Frequently
54. * It's at King's Cross Station: ___ 9 3/4
57. * Dudley is ___ of #14A
58. Illuminated
59. Leader singer (Initials) of Black Sabbath
60. ___ and Outs
61. * Officials at Quidditch matches, for short
63. Type of living quarters
65. Utters aloud
69. * Harry's first flying broomstick for Quidditch: Nimbus ___ Thousand
70. * Candies that can taste like ear wax, grass and vomit! ___ Every Flavor Beans
72. * It's located at #40A: ___ #32D Emporium
73. * Students bound for Hogwarts board the ___ at #54A

Down

1. Alphabet sequence
2. "eg" eht tuohtiw ,rehsulB
3. Wildebeest
4. * Goblin-run bank
5. Mr. Corbusier
6. Famous tennis player: Chris ___
7. Academic Term, without the "ester"
8. * What the little Kid said whilst watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "Mommy, I want to learn how to ___ I can be in a movie like this some day, too!"
9. ___ tilpS :dnalaeZ weN morf dnaB
10. Congratulations, without the "dos"
11. * Gryffindor is the House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that is known for these
12. "Own" to a Scot
13. Sign of assent
15. * He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
19. Tatar dynasty
21. The art of wine making, without the "logy"
23. Donkey-Horse animal ...on the fritz?
24. Sort of tide (bkwds.)
25. Snazzy car, without the "Jag"
26. * Harry's arch-enemy at Hogwarts
28. Mr. Calhoun
29. Compete in a race (bkwds.)
30. * A scene in a movie (such as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") is shot on a what?
32. * Feathered mail carrier
38. * Title for Severus Snape
40. As well ...all jumbled up?
41. Historic period
43. Clothing Company on Commercials
44. Mr. Linden
45. 27th President of the United States
47. * Mr. Williams who composed the score to the first Harry Potter movie
48. Prefix that means "Earth"
49. Make someone a member of the nobility, without the "oble"
55. Shakespearean contraction
56. What the lion does
57. Make of watch
61. Pathway (abbr.)
62. Female sheep
63. Last Name of Audrey the Actress, without the "burn"
64. Old MacDonald had a farm, _-_-_-I-O!
66. Had food
67. Pigpen (bkwds.)
68. Snake's Sound
70. Ms. Derek
71. He (Initials) had a hit with "Will It Go Round in Circles"