How did Black get into Hogwarts in PoA? (Was: Dumbledore on the Dursleys . .

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 151804

> Carol responds:
 (I still don't see how a dog could have
> sneaked into Honeydukes to use the hump-backed witch passageway, and
> the remaining passage was already blocked when Harry received the 
map
> from the Twins.) 

zgirnius:
I'm another believer that Sirius came in through the secret passages, 
and I consider the Honeydukes passage most likely.

How late do you believe Honeydukes remains open in the evening? I 
would guess it closes before supper. Sirius could enter the village 
past the Dementors in dog form, and sniff unobtrusively about next to 
the rubbish bins outside the back entrance to the shop. (Wizards do 
have them, didn't Moody attack his own, supposedly, the night he was 
kidnapped?) Once he saw the coast was clear, he could transform and 
break in using Muggle means (break a cellar window, for example).

I also the idea someone else posted about creating a distraction with 
or without the help of Crookshanks...