Sprinting
The first Modern Olympic 100m sprint was won in 1896 by USA athlete Thomas Burke in a time of 12 seconds.
- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 64 10 themed
- Average solve
- 8:09 84 solves
- Rating
- 5.0 (1)
- Published
- 24 Aug 2019 Sporting Saturday
Clues
- 1a: ___ Guinness, starred in "The Empire Strikes Back" (4)
- 5a: "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves", folk tale (3)
- 8a: Female pig (3)
- 11a: Original name for 100m sprint (4)
- 12a: ___-___-penny; plentiful (3,1)