The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Sep 05

• 1980s decathlon world record holder Jurgen ____ never beat Daley Thompson in a major championship Crossword Clue
• 1984 gold medal winner matching Jesse Owens in 1936 Crossword Clue
• 2016 and 2020 Olympics Pommel horse gold medallist Crossword Clue
• 2020 Olympic event in which two British gold medallists both rode the same horse Crossword Clue
• A big increase in a particular view among a population Crossword Clue
• A car used for short, usually urban, trips Crossword Clue
• According to Oscar Wilde, one knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing Crossword Clue
• A fabric-covered elastic hair tie Crossword Clue
• Alexandre ____ wrote The Count of Monte Cristo Crossword Clue
• Alphabetic character, the epitome of smallness Crossword Clue
• An issue for proofreaders to worry about Crossword Clue
• A ____ offers tourists a safe version of cowboy life Crossword Clue
• A person in charge of a trained dog Crossword Clue
• A seemingly ideal place for altitude training Crossword Clue
• A verbal scolding Crossword Clue
• Ben ____ won Finn class Olympic gold thrice before 17A Crossword Clue
• Biblical patriarch who lived on Earth for 365 years Crossword Clue
• Britain’s most decorated Olympian, a cyclist who won 2016 and 2020 Keirin gold medals Crossword Clue
• British sailor who won the Finn class at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics Crossword Clue
• Catchphrase of Alf Garnett Crossword Clue
• Conductor contacting a non-metallic part of a circuit Crossword Clue
• Democratic Unionist Party leader, 1971-2008 Crossword Clue
• Editor of the BBC’s Monitor arts programme, 1958-62 Crossword Clue
• Former American football star convicted of armed robbery in 2008 Crossword Clue
• Former general, Israel’s prime minister from 2001 to 2006 Crossword Clue
• Funder of local government in England before 1990 Crossword Clue
• Hi-fi unit with (eg) CD and cassette players and a radio Crossword Clue
• Hindu goddess of wealth and beauty Crossword Clue
• In one of two spellings, an old name for a blackbird, still used in names of other birds Crossword Clue
• In organic chemistry, a methyl group is the smallest possible ____ group Crossword Clue
• I Wanna Be ____ was the first track on the 1989 Stone Roses debut album Crossword Clue
• Jim ____ won 100m Olympic gold in 1968, with the first official time under 10 seconds Crossword Clue
• Josh ____’s Tokyo bronze was Britain’s first medal in the men’s 1500m since Peter Elliott’s silver in 1988 Crossword Clue
• Leonhard ____ gave Crossword Clue
• Marine creature with a body full of pores and channels Crossword Clue
• North American informal alternative to “surrender” Crossword Clue
• Not in the know Crossword Clue
• Olympic fencing event in which Italians won individual gold from 1932 to 1960 Crossword Clue
• Part of an archery target’s central 10 ring Crossword Clue
• President of Egypt from 1970 until his 1981 assassination Crossword Clue
• Roman statesman and general who defeated Antony and Cleopatra’s forces at the battle of Actium Crossword Clue
• Scenic part of County Galway, where Irish is widely spoken Crossword Clue
• Testification location Crossword Clue
• The International Day of ____s takes place on the anniversary of the foundation of the UN Crossword Clue
• “The mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to ____ things” (Thoreau) Crossword Clue
• To ____ a male chicken is to castrate it Crossword Clue
• Type of card pack first documented in 15th-century Italy Crossword Clue
• Using theoretical deduction rather than observation Crossword Clue
• William Cobbett’s book about the English countryside Crossword Clue
• ____ won 2016 and 2020 Olympic 100m breaststroke gold Crossword Clue
• Wordless improvised singing Crossword Clue