Answers for Issue No. 002
Here is the full solution to the Spill the Tiles celebrity gossip crossword from Monday, August 17, 2026 — Issue No. 002, 18 clues across a 15×15 grid. The day's stories included Widowsbay, Ballots, Tartakovsky.
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
- 1"Milkshake" singer (5) KELIS
- 5Barbadian singer who founded Fenty (7) RIHANNA
- 7Genndy whose animation keeps collecting statues (11) TARTAKOVSKY
- 8Month the statues are handed out, on a rare Monday night (9) SEPTEMBER
- 14Comedy that swept its final season to 24 nods (5) HACKS
- 16SVU veteran taking the Emmys hosting gig (8) HARGITAY
- 17Wu-Tang Clan member (7) RAEKWON
- 18___ Singer, the costumed Fox hit that picked up a juried Emmy (6) MASKED
Down
- 2Hill of the Fugees (6) LAURYN
- 3Apple's horror comedy, third on the nominations table with 19 (9) WIDOWSBAY
- 4Atlanta rapper, one name only (6) FUTURE
- 6What voters are filling in from today through the 26th (7) BALLOTS
- 9Castle-set backstabbing show already holding a 2026 Emmy (8) TRAITORS
- 10Oakland singer and songwriter (7) KEHLANI
- 11Bronx rapper of "Munch" (8) ICESPICE
- 12Twisty drama sitting on 18 nominations (8) PLURIBUS
- 13Tartakovsky's near-wordless cartoon, a two-time winner this year (6) PRIMAL
- 15Migos member (5) QUAVO