Harry Potter No. 2 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Harry Potter) standard puzzle: 29 clues on a 11×11 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Polish expert (4)
4. Screaming letter from her about owl (6)
8. Dawn cut short for Tonks, perhaps (5)
9. Brewer's cart backed up three feet (4)
10. Aston's shaken by Brazilian club (6)
11. Valley has eagle nests, in part (4)
12. Wish to dance with energy (4)
14. King Arthur holds a cloistered court (5)
15. Prompt line, reportedly (3)
16. Drop a bloom that's lost its head (5)
17. Pleased to have a good boy (4)
18. Let learner leave and relax (4)
20. Brave novel left unwritten (6)
21. Rant at the bar (4)
23. Pans starters of salmon, lamb and mixed salad (5)
24. Useless field for Harry's spoilt cousin (6)
25. Cast off from the garden hut (4)

Down

1. How evil body regenerated? Harry, famously (3,3,5)
2. Airmen climbing a long way (3)
3. Sweet Minister for Magic (5)
4. The man holding sailor's pipe (4)
5. Nothing on the cooker but fruit (6)
6. Exact repair of a tiller (7)
7. Put off disturbing her, secluded (11)
13. Might the editor be driven? (7)
15. Fold note in case (6)
17. German manuscript has bugs (5)
19. Friend found aboard small yacht (4)
22. Perhaps wand wood has splintered (3)

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