Harry Potter No. 3 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Harry Potter) cryptic puzzle: 37 clues on a 13×13 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. Forged grenade detonated by double act (4,3,6)
8. Crowded meeting broke up (7)
10. Senior welder loses weight (5)
11. Relaxed, having stopped a hundred short (5)
12. Anna left son records (6)
15. About to oil and wind (4)
17. Ring set back (4)
18. Shout “Why?” at length, once (4)
19. Aye, you of yore had power (3)
21. Experts crack case (4)
24. Persian king has laugh stifled by “Hush!” (4)
25. Reported bank charge (4)
27. Some chimp alarmed antelope (6)
29. Business rated badly (5)
31. First letter from mountain area (5)
32. Like some scans: genuine, with money inside (7)
33. Old choir glows anew where the Potters hid (7,6)

Down

1. She won't admit anyone without a word (3,4)
2. English rental renegotiated as perpetual (7)
3. Spirit sends up garland on artist (5)
4. Shadows Fang and Fluffy, perhaps (4)
5. Looked over, I would say (4)
6. Hacked round a cowboy contest (5)
7. Old bird in letter-carrier role (5)
9. Noxious and spiteful to you at first! (5)
13. Kind to house eastern relative (5)
14. Debase royal loyalty, partly (5)
15. Hug son during applause (5)
16. Utopian thought on the left (5)
20. Page gets a lift and self-respect (5)
22. Chanel takes on new TV station (7)
23. Plant round the hall, not deep (7)
25. Ian caught between pound and gram for Chinese weight (5)
26. Flat versus a dip coming up (5)
28. Tube stuck in some trouble (5)
29. Thanks, team, for the Hackney carriage (4)
30. Mars at war produces weapons (4)

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