Krillion Answers for 2026-08-09

A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ · 9 letters

Capital of the remotest inhabited territory on Earth — a few dozen people, mostly descendants of the Bounty mutineers.

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An Australian skink long presumed extinct — it lives down spider burrows and was rediscovered by chance in 1992.

S_ _ _ _ _ _ · 7 letters

The potato-flour doughnut behind a mid-century American chain — the name gives the secret away.

C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ · 16 letters

Still the only artist to sweep all four general-field Grammys in a single night — 1981, riding soft-rock sailor songs.

R_ _ _ _ _ _ · 7 letters

The pregnancy hormone that loosens pelvic ligaments toward delivery — first described in 1926.

I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ · 13 letters

A Bavarian cousin of curling — stock slid over ice as a demonstration sport that never won medal status.

D_ _ _ _ _ _ · 7 letters

Half a year in, the $200M club mixes franchises and sleepers — the 100-pointers are the sleepers nobody forecast in January.