HP4GU Contest #14 -- for crossword fans

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26184

Welcome to HP4GU Contest #14.  This week's contest is an acrostic 
puzzle, also known as a double crossword.  I wrote this well over a 
year ago, but only recently got around to finishing it.  (Note: "well 
over a year ago" is a HINT, since GoF came out about a year ago.)  
This is a pretty hard puzzle, so I will give you a few weeks to work 
on it.  IMPORTANT NOTE:  In order to do this puzzle, you will have to 
download two files: the WORDLIST file and the DIAGRAM file.  These 
are available from me by email (send requests to HP4GUCon at aol.com) or 
in our files section at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/HP4GU%20Contest/

Note that both files are available in 2 formats: JPG (which you might 
be able to view and print directly from the website without 
downloading, depending on your browser) and WPD (a WordPerfect 8 file 
which just about any word processing software should be able to 
read).  If neither of these formats works for your weird computer, 
let me know and I will endeavor to find some other way of sending the 
files to you (by fax, if all else fails).

Your job is to EMAIL me (don't post to the list!) both the quote 
(from the diagram) and the phrase (from the word list).  I realize 
that this is all very confusing to someone who hasn't done acrostics 
before, but read the directions below and download (and print out) 
the two files, and if you still don't understand how to do this 
puzzle, email me at HP4GUCon at aol.com.

Acrostics are similar to crossword puzzles, but a little more 
complicated.  They have two parts: The Word List and The Diagram.  
The word list consists of a list of clues from which you have to 
determine words or phrases.  In this puzzle, about half the words or 
phrases have something to do with HP, and the rest are ordinary 
English words or phrases.  There are 40 clues, from Clue A to Clue 
NN, each followed by a number of blanks which correspond to the 
number of letters in the word or phrase.  If the clue refers to a 
phrase, the number of words is indicated.

There are two VERY IMPORTANT things you have to know about acrostics:

1. The number under each blank refers to a space in the diagram.  
Once you have figured out the word or phrase from the clue, write 
each letter in the appropriate space in the diagram.  Each space in 
the diagram has a letter printed in it, corresponding to the clue 
where that letter can be found.  Work back and forth between the 
clues and the diagram until all the spaces are filled in.  The 
diagram contains a quote from a Harry Potter book, without its 
punctuation.  Note that each of the words of the quote in the diagram 
has a black space after it.  Words may wrap from one row to the next, 
for example, the fifth word has two letters, and starts at the end of 
the first row and continues to the second row.

2.  The FIRST letter of each word or phrase found in the word list 
spells out a phrase which is relevant to the Harry Potter books.  In 
other words, the first letter of word A, followed by the first letter 
of word B, etc. spells out a phrase.

Just to give you a taste of the puzzle, here is a copy of the word 
list, without the numbers indicating where in the diagram each letter 
goes.:

A.	Unpopular vegetable:  __ __ __ __
B.	Vow: __ __ __ __
C.	The Moor of Venice: __ __ __ __ __ __ __
D.	Hagrid carries one in his pocket: __ __ __ __ __ __
E.	Subject: __ __ __ __ __
F.	Useful spell for getting rid of annoying poltergeists:
        __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
G.	Strange: __ __ __
H.	Type of sandwich (3 wds.): __ __ __   __ __ __  __ __ __ __ __
I.	Reverence: __ __ __
J.	How Norbert likes his meat: __ __ __		
K.	Oldtime movie actor Basil: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
L.	__ __ __ __ __ - dabba - do		
M.	Made a sound: __ __ __ __ __ __
N.	Not this one but the __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ (2 wds.)
O.	One of the most important courses at Hogwarts: 
	__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
P.	Type of suit material: __ __ __ __ __
Q.	You could say that this "half-defines" Buckbeak:
        __ __ __ __ __ __
R.	Scabbers is one; Mickey is not: __ __ __
S.	If Harry had killed Pettigrew he would have
        __ __ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __  death of his parents.
        (2 wds.)
T.	__ __ __ __ __ __   2000
U.	Wizard who discovered the twelve uses of dragon's blood:
         __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
V.	Gregory Goyle hardly ever has one: __ __ __ __ __ __ __
W.	Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts:  __ __ __ __ __ __
X.	Eddie's real name, sometimes: __ __ __ __ __ __
Y.	Wallace's favorite food: __ __ __ __ __ __
Z.	Hello, in Texas: __ __ __ __ __
AA.	U's first name: __ __ __ __ __
BB.	What Crookshanks says: __ __ __ __
CC.	What only Harry could hear: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
DD.	Ravenclaw's symbol: __ __ __ __ __
EE.	Madam Hooch's Quidditch position: __ __ __ __ __ __ __
FF.	"My country `tis __ __   __ __ __ __"  (2 wds.)
GG.	The best broomstick: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
HH.	The most important Quidditch ball: __ __ __ __ __ __
II.	Book by J.K. Rowling's favorite author: __ __ __ __
JJ.	__ __ __ __ __  Creevey
KK.	__ __ __ __ __  Lupin
LL.	Recant (3 wds.): __ __ __   __ __ __'__   __ __ __
MM.	Number of chapters in the third Harry Potter book:
        __ __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __
NN.	Believe gullibly: __ __ __ __ __ __ __