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ISSUE No. 001 ANSWERS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026

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Answers for Issue No. 001

Here is the full solution to the Spill the Tiles celebrity gossip crossword from Sunday, August 16, 2026 — Issue No. 001, 20 clues across a 15×15 grid. The day's stories included Marvel, Hathaway, Spiderman.

Every clue below links back to the day's real entertainment headlines — each one sourced before it went in the grid. Scroll for the completed grid and the full answer list.

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Completed grid

Across

  1. 1Virginia producer behind countless hits (9) TIMBALAND
  2. 4Neptunes producer turned solo star (8) PHARRELL
  3. 7Badu, on a first-name basis (6) ERYKAH
  4. 8Cartoon pups whose dino outing cleared $20M (9) PAWPATROL
  5. 10Dreamville founder (5) JCOLE
  6. 12Erykah of neo-soul (4) BADU
  7. 14Ewan sharing the marquee on that $21M debut (8) MCGREGOR
  8. 16"Rack City" rapper (4) TYGA
  9. 17Two of these, worldwide, in just three weeks for Marvel's latest (7) BILLION
  10. 18"Cranes in the Sky" singer (7) SOLANGE
  11. 19Miami rapper called the Baddest (5) TRINA

Down

  1. 2Studio behind the weekend's chart-topper (6) MARVEL
  2. 3"Say So" singer, one name will do (4) DOJA
  3. 5Anne who headlines this weekend's biggest new opener (8) HATHAWAY
  4. 6Web-slinger holding No. 1 for a third straight weekend (9) SPIDERMAN
  5. 9"So Sick" singer (4) NEYO
  6. 11The weekend stat everyone quotes — this film's was the second-biggest ever (7) OPENING
  7. 13Murder Inc. singer (7) ASHANTI
  8. 15Atlanta rapper of "Fukumean" (5) GUNNA
  9. 16Johannesburg singer of "Water" (4) TYLA