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ISSUE No. 002 ANSWERS

MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026

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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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Completed grid

Across

  1. 1"Milkshake" singer (5) KELIS
  2. 5Barbadian singer who founded Fenty (7) RIHANNA
  3. 7Genndy whose animation keeps collecting statues (11) TARTAKOVSKY
  4. 8Month the statues are handed out, on a rare Monday night (9) SEPTEMBER
  5. 14Comedy that swept its final season to 24 nods (5) HACKS
  6. 16SVU veteran taking the Emmys hosting gig (8) HARGITAY
  7. 17Wu-Tang Clan member (7) RAEKWON
  8. 18___ Singer, the costumed Fox hit that picked up a juried Emmy (6) MASKED

Down

  1. 2Hill of the Fugees (6) LAURYN
  2. 3Apple's horror comedy, third on the nominations table with 19 (9) WIDOWSBAY
  3. 4Atlanta rapper, one name only (6) FUTURE
  4. 6What voters are filling in from today through the 26th (7) BALLOTS
  5. 9Castle-set backstabbing show already holding a 2026 Emmy (8) TRAITORS
  6. 10Oakland singer and songwriter (7) KEHLANI
  7. 11Bronx rapper of "Munch" (8) ICESPICE
  8. 12Twisty drama sitting on 18 nominations (8) PLURIBUS
  9. 13Tartakovsky's near-wordless cartoon, a two-time winner this year (6) PRIMAL
  10. 15Migos member (5) QUAVO