“The mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to ____ things” (Thoreau) |
TRIVIAL |
1980s decathlon world record holder Jurgen ____ never beat Daley Thompson in a major championship |
HINGSEN |
1984 gold medal winner matching Jesse Owens in 1936 |
Carl Lewis |
2016 and 2020 Olympics Pommel horse gold medallist |
Max Whitlock |
2020 Olympic event in which two British gold medallists both rode the same horse |
modern pentathlon |
A big increase in a particular view among a population |
GROUNDSWELL |
A car used for short, usually urban, trips |
RUNABOUT |
A fabric-covered elastic hair tie |
SCRUNCHIE |
A person in charge of a trained dog |
HANDLER |
A seemingly ideal place for altitude training |
TIBET |
A verbal scolding |
ear-bashing |
A ____ offers tourists a safe version of cowboy life |
dude ranch |
According to Oscar Wilde, one knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing |
CYNIC |
Alexandre ____ wrote The Count of Monte Cristo |
DUMAS |
Alphabetic character, the epitome of smallness |
IOTA |
An issue for proofreaders to worry about |
HYPHENATION |
Ben ____ won Finn class Olympic gold thrice before 17A |
ainslie |
Biblical patriarch who lived on Earth for 365 years |
ENOCH |
Britain’s most decorated Olympian, a cyclist who won 2016 and 2020 Keirin gold medals |
Jason Kenny |
British sailor who won the Finn class at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics |
Giles Scott |
Catchphrase of Alf Garnett |
it stands to reason |
Conductor contacting a non-metallic part of a circuit |
ELECTRODE |
Democratic Unionist Party leader, 1971-2008 |
Ian Paisley |
Editor of the BBC’s Monitor arts programme, 1958-62 |
Huw Wheldon |
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 |