The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

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