The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Britain’s most decorated Olympian, a cyclist who won 2016 and 2020 Keirin gold medals Jason Kenny
Catchphrase of Alf Garnett it stands to reason
Conductor contacting a non-metallic part of a circuit ELECTRODE
A ____ offers tourists a safe version of cowboy life dude ranch
A verbal scolding ear-bashing
Wordless improvised singing ECRU
Democratic Unionist Party leader, 1971-2008 Ian Paisley
Former American football star convicted of armed robbery in 2008 O J Simpson
Former general, Israel’s prime minister from 2001 to 2006 Ariel Sharon
Funder of local government in England before 1990 RATEPAYER
2016 and 2020 Olympics Pommel horse gold medallist Max Whitlock
1984 gold medal winner matching Jesse Owens in 1936 Carl Lewis
President of Egypt from 1970 until his 1981 assassination Anwar Sadat
Part of an archery target’s central 10 ring INNER
Olympic fencing event in which Italians won individual gold from 1932 to 1960 EPEE
Testification location witness box
Alexandre ____ wrote The Count of Monte Cristo DUMAS
____ won 2016 and 2020 Olympic 100m breaststroke gold ADAM PEATY
A person in charge of a trained dog HANDLER
A car used for short, usually urban, trips RUNABOUT
A big increase in a particular view among a population GROUNDSWELL
To ____ a male chicken is to castrate it CAPONISE
An issue for proofreaders to worry about HYPHENATION
A seemingly ideal place for altitude training TIBET
A fabric-covered elastic hair tie SCRUNCHIE
Scenic part of County Galway, where Irish is widely spoken CONNEMARA