Harry Potter Crossword Puzzle

So the JC House Cup has ended.  This means that I spent a few weeks immersed in Harry Potter based tasks.  I thought I'd share one with you.  If you are an Harry Potter fan, now is the time to test your HP knowledge.  See if you can complete my crossword.

Across 1. least popular Headmaster of Hogwarts 3. to turn a wand into a light 5. to summon 8. founder of S.P.E.W. 10. the spell Lockhart used to become famous 11. Luna's roaring hat 15. turns an object into a Portkey 18. The Boy Who Lived 25. useful in healing minor injuries 27. Headmaster when Chamber of Secrets first opened 28. SNEAK 29. Disarming Charm 35. ghost of Gryffindor tower 39. talking to snakes 41. Severing Charm 44. lost an ear 45. before he sparkled 46. the club made up of Slughorn's favorite students 47. Royal 48. sock lover 50. from Rodent to Rapier Down 2. an Unforgivable Curse granting control 4. spell created by Snape and used by Harry on Draco 6. lost his son in the Triwizard Tournament 7. gave Professor Slughorn Francis 9. to open that which is locked 12. Avada Kedavra does this 13. mother of seven 14. incarnation of caster's innermost positive feelings 16. Padfoot was which Sirius Black 17. retired in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs 19. Hagrid's dragon 20. listened only to Albus Dumbledore and the Bloody Baron 21. River 22. Hagrid's half-Giant love interest 23. wizard born muggle 24. a spell used to duplicate 26. disguised himself as an armchair 30. hated his R sweater 31. for hours of stair sliding fun 32. non-magical human 33. blasting curse 34. an easy way to move a Christmas tree 36. Harry's first crush 37. worst memory is calling the girl he loved a Mudblood 38. Muggle-born witch or wizard 39. result of Wizard inbreeding 40. Hagrid's first name 42. punched by Granger 43. Romulus 49. inflicts unbearable pain on the recipient

Hobbies & Fandom - Harry Potter House Cup

Some people run around on broomsticks playing Quidditch to express their Harry Potter fandom. I'm not one of those people (though if any of my friends ever decided to organize a match, I could easily be one of those people). Instead, for the last eight weeks I have immersed myself into Harry Potter's world by competing in the House Cup. I was Head Prefect of Gryffindor this game. 'How do you compete in a House Cup?' might be the thought running through your head (other thoughts may include questioning my sanity, but I don't mind). The answer to that question is simple. At the beginning of the game you choose your house. A massive task list is then posted and your house has 7-8 weeks to complete as many tasks as possible. Following is a link to all the tasks my house completed (I'm Earwen_Lightrider if you want to know which ones I specifically did):

Completed Tasks for Gryffindor in House Cup 17

Some examples of tasks I enjoyed completing:

Redesign any famous piece of artwork (painting, statue, etc.) so it fits in the HP-verse. I don’t care how you do it – redraw, photoshop, whatever. An example of this would be replacing the Mona Lisa’s head with Dumbledore’s. May do up to 25. 100 points.

I did all 25 which you can view if you click on the above link, but the following are probably my favorites.




There were several musical tasks, including some parody songs, that are always a blast to complete. Which you can listen to here (songs done by me say so).

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I also did several writing tasks. So if you'd like to read the prank Fred & George pulled on Slytherin or what might happen if Gilderoy Lockhart (pre-memory wipe) became Headmaster of Hogwarts click here to take a look at my tasks or read through the task list and click on the ones that interest you as my fellow housemates did fantastic too.

Basically, each House Cup game is a way for me to challenge my creativity through my fandom based on prompts (the tasks themselves). It's a fun way to get my creative brain active and encourages me to try new things. Oh, and did I mention that I have a complete blast? House Cup competition is fun! So as I just finished submitting all the tasks for Gryffindor, I hope that we beat Slytherin & Ravenclaw (because Slytherin's winning streak really needs shattered), but even if we don't - we had fun! And that's how games should be.

~Nata