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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Across
- 1Virginia producer behind countless hits (9) TIMBALAND
- 4Neptunes producer turned solo star (8) PHARRELL
- 7Badu, on a first-name basis (6) ERYKAH
- 8Cartoon pups whose dino outing cleared $20M (9) PAWPATROL
- 10Dreamville founder (5) JCOLE
- 12Erykah of neo-soul (4) BADU
- 14Ewan sharing the marquee on that $21M debut (8) MCGREGOR
- 16"Rack City" rapper (4) TYGA
- 17Two of these, worldwide, in just three weeks for Marvel's latest (7) BILLION
- 18"Cranes in the Sky" singer (7) SOLANGE
- 19Miami rapper called the Baddest (5) TRINA
Down
- 2Studio behind the weekend's chart-topper (6) MARVEL
- 3"Say So" singer, one name will do (4) DOJA
- 5Anne who headlines this weekend's biggest new opener (8) HATHAWAY
- 6Web-slinger holding No. 1 for a third straight weekend (9) SPIDERMAN
- 9"So Sick" singer (4) NEYO
- 11The weekend stat everyone quotes — this film's was the second-biggest ever (7) OPENING
- 13Murder Inc. singer (7) ASHANTI
- 15Atlanta rapper of "Fukumean" (5) GUNNA
- 16Johannesburg singer of "Water" (4) TYLA