HPfGU Contest, once again

[hpsmarty]

No: HPFGUIDX 46449

Finally!  The new puzzle!  Don't forget you have to enter the 
creative contest if you want to enter the puzzle contest.  (you can, 
however, enter ONLY the creative contest if you want.)

This month's puzzle is called ADD LETTERS.  You have to come up with 
nine groups of three words each.  For each set, three clues are 
given.  The first clue is for the shortest word, which will be 2, 3, 
or 4 letters long.  If you add a letter to that word, you will get 
the next word.  (The new letter can be placed anywhere in the word, 
as long as you keep the letters in the same order.) Then, you add an 
additional letter to the new word to get the third one.  At least one 
word in each set will have something to do with Harry Potter (more or 
less).  Here's an example:

gorilla; back of the neck; potions master

Answers: APE; NAPE; SNAPE

Got it?  The first clue, gorilla, gives you APE.  Add an N to get 
NAPE (back of the neck), then add an S to get SNAPE (potions master).

When you're done with all nine sets, take the 18 letters that you've 
added to get the second and third words in each set, and rearrange 
them to fill in the blanks in this sentence:

George and  _______________  are  _________.

1. one that is or does (suffix); flower; busy holiday at Hogwarts
2. one when it starts with a vowel; pale; Harry doesn't always need 
this
3. loud noise; vehicle; New York or Western Australia county
4. bell noise; highly regarded item; as white as Lockhart's teeth
5. risk; top; Firenze, by choice
6. weak; type of war; He's long-lived
7. censor; enigmatic forest denizen; actor Orson
8. What Nearly-Headless Nick never does say; One of the Ravenclaws; 
footwear
9. very useful critter; very useful utensil; innard

As always, DON'T post your answers to the list.  Email them to me at 
hpsmarty at aol.com (That's hpsmarty AT aol DOT com.)  And remember the 
new requirement – submit an entry to the creative contest along with 
your puzzle entry.

–Joywitch M. Curmudgeon