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T HE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL EDITION WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019| 13


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WIZARD of ID

DOONESBURY CLASSIC 1993

CALVIN AND HOBBES

DILBERT

Created by Peter Ritmeester/Presented by Will Shortz

SUDOKU No. 3107

Fill the grid so
that every row,
column 3x3 box
and shaded 3x
box contains
each of the
numbers
1 to 9 exactly
once.

Fill the grids with digits so as not
to repeat a digit in any row or
column, and so that the digits
within each heavily outlined box
will produce the target number
shown, by using addition,
subtraction, multiplication or
division, as indicated in the box.
A 4x4 grid will use the digits
1-4. A 6x6 grid will use 1-6.

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Solution No. 3007 CROSSWORD | Edited by Will Shortz
Across
1 1 / 16 of a cup: Abbr.
5 Something to drool
over?
8 Mr. of detective fiction
12 Ghostly, say
13 Suffix with acetyl
14 “Scrubs” nurse
married to Dr. Turk
16 “Arr, matey! So ye seek
buried treasure to fill
yer ship’s hull? Well,
the first clue is easy.
Just ___”
19 Muscleman with a
mohawk
20 Clip
21 Wintry chill
22 “At yer next clue
already? Then off to
the races! Now turn
toward the dawn and
go ___”

27 Portfolio options, for
short
28 Venmo transfer, e.g.
29 Member of a raiding
party
33 Like universal
recipients
36 “Dies ___” (hymn)
37 Marauder’s tool
39 Vagabond
40 Like an American in
Paris
43 Companywide info-
sharing system
46 Dennis of “The Alamo”
48 Pond swimmer
49 “Aye, the treasure
be heavy, so flex yer
biceps! With this third
clue, turn right and go
___”
55 Folk rocker DiFranco
56 Singer Black

57 1930s Depression-
fighting org.
58 “‘X’ marks the spot!
Grab a spade! Dance a
jig! Here’s the very last
clue. Proceed ___”
63 ___ York (biggest city
in los Estados Unidos)
64 Farm female
65 Grab, as booty
66 H.S. exam
67 Sound from a
punctured tire
68 Schlep

Down
1 Colorful aquarium
swimmer
2 Babysitters’ banes
3 Francis Drake, for one
4 Pirate’s parrot, e.g.
5 Where the National
Institutes of Health is
headquartered
6 It’s gathered during
recon
7 “Act your age!”
8 Roast V.I.P.s
9 ___ Island (storied site
of buried treasure)
10 Officer’s baton
11 Skateboarding
maneuver
12 Salinger heroine
15 Swiss range
17 City on the Nile
18 Build
23 Preschool punishment

24 Refrain syllable
25 Settle up
26 It covers a lot of
ground
29 Surveillance org.
30 Magic 8 Ball, e.g.
31 French noblemen or
noblewomen
32 Commercial lead-in
to Clean
34 Honest ___
35 Spam generator

38 Diplomatic
arrangements
41 “That’s the spot!”
42 Things hurled at the
Olympics
44 Like John Tyler,
among all U.S.
presidents
45 Univ. dorm
supervisors
47 Looks closely (into)
49 Cut into planks, say
50 Best

51 Metric that
determines YouTube
success
52 Stop seeing each
other
53 Pirate’s booty, say
54 Wise
59 Fed. electricity
provider since 1933
60 “___ chance!”
61 D.C. winter hrs.
62 Prefix with Latin or
Luddite

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Sports


Will there ever be another track star
like Usain Bolt, someone who com-
manded the eyes of 80,000 people
whenever he walked into a stadium,
then put on one spectacular perform-
ance after another?
It seems unlikely, though records fall
and stars rise. Someone will eventually
run the 100 and 200 meters faster than
Bolt did. But will they do it with the
same style and longevity?
Bolt is happily retired and pursuing
the life of the global superstar — in
short, being Usain Bolt. He was in New
York City last week on behalf of a
sponsor, Gatorade.
He still looks like he is no more than
a few solid weeks of training from
taking on the world again, though that
isn’t going to happen.
In an interview, Bolt spoke about
what it takes to be a champion sprint-
er, his flirtation with soccer and the
chances of a comeback.
This conversation has been edited
and condensed.

Do you miss the competition?
The competition, yeah, I definitely do
miss the competition. But I don’t miss
the training.

That was my next question. I take it
you don’t miss the training.
No, no. I still try to train to stay in good
shape, but just the regular gym ses-
sions. I don’t miss the training one bit.

So what do you do all day?
I stay busy. You see my work with
Gatorade. I work with my sponsors. So
that’s my focus right now. I’m trying to
do different businesses. A school is
opening that we are working in.

Will you go to the world champi-
onships this fall in Qatar?
I don’t know. I’m thinking about it. I
might be busy around that time, but I
am definitely going to the Olympics.

Who is the next great Jamaican
sprinter?
I honestly don’t know. The ladies are
doing really well. Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce is still doing well. Elaine Thomp-
son is doing well. There’s the other

one, Briana Williams. She ran close to
the world record last month. The guys,
I’m not sure who is going to step up.

What about the Americans, or is
there anyone else who looks like a
special talent internationally?
Throughout the year I have always
told people someone might be doing so
well, but for me it comes down to the
championships. A lot of people show up
when it’s just a one-off, but when it
comes to rounds and competition and
mind-set that you need in the champi-
onships, you never know.

What about the American Noah
Lyles? Have you seen him run?
Yeah, I’ve seen him run, I’ve seen him
compete. Last season he was doing a
lot of good things, this season he has
started off good. But as I said, it all
comes down to the championship. Is he
confident to come into a race after
running three races and show up? For
me he has shown that he has talent,

but when the championship comes, we
will see what happens.

Will you ever coach?
No. I’m definitely not a coach. My
coach said I could do it, but I don’t
think I have the patience.

You don’t think people would listen to
you?
It’s not about listening. I know what I
put my coach through when I was
going through my career, so I don’t
think I could handle that.

You don’t think you could handle a
personality like yourself?
Yeah, and there are so many different
personalities. No one is the same. So I
see the difficulties the coaches have
gone through over the years with
different athletes. So I don’t think I
could have the patience to deal with all
the different personalities.

You tried out for an Australian soccer

club once. How is your soccer career?
I wanted to do that, but that didn’t
work out, so I just decided to scrap it
and focus on business and working
with my sponsors.

Do you still play pickup games?
Yeah, definitely, we have a tournament,
a six-a-side tournament that I play
every Saturday with my friends.

So in Jamaica, every Saturday, you
are playing soccer?
Yes, it just started. We play Tuesdays
and Thursdays with all my friends, but
this is like a tournament.

Let me guess: You are a striker.
Yes.

You don’t play defense?
No, I can play defense, if it is neces-
sary, if they need me, because some-
times not everybody is available to
play, and you have to be smart because
we have a lot of strikers, so if we don’t

have a lot of defenders I will play
defense.

No interest in an American football
career?
No, it’s something I never wanted to do
because I have seen it. I am a Packers
fan, so I do watch the game, and I see
the hits these guys take. Because I am
fast and I would be a wide receiver,
people would be gunning for me.

If you were talking to a promising
13-year-old who had real sprinting
talent, what are the three things you
would tell that 13-year-old to do?
At that age it should be just about
enjoyment. A lot of people put so much
pressure on the other kids to do well,
but at 12 or 14, you just get to high
school, just have fun, enjoy it, because
when you put too much pressure on
these kids too early, they kind of lose
their way because there is all this
stressing. I have seen so much talent
that has been destroyed because there

is so much pressure on them at a
young age.

Is that a particular problem in Ja-
maica, where sprinting is such a big
thing that everyone is obsessed with?
Yes, I think so. It’s massive. At a young
age, as soon as you get into high
school, especially at the top high
schools in Jamaica, they are doing
track and field, and there is so much
pressure. They have a thing called the
Boys and Girls Championships. Every-
body wants to win, so they put a lot of
pressure on the younger kids to do well
and perform. Sometimes they push
them too hard. Back in my day, I was
at a school that didn’t have a chance to
win championships, so it was easy for
me. There wasn’t any pressure. I just
enjoyed it. I just would run and train,
and that was it.

Zero chance of a comeback?
I’ve learned from many people: A
comeback never works out well.

Usain Bolt is doing just fine, thank you


Left, Usain Bolt won a third consecutive gold medal in the 100 meters at the Rio Olympics in 2016. He retired a year later. Right, Bolt spoke to members of the New York Road Runners last week in Central Park.

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