The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 05

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