Answers for Issue No. 003
Here is the full solution to the Spill the Tiles celebrity gossip crossword from Tuesday, August 18, 2026 — Issue No. 003, 20 clues across a 15×15 grid. The day's stories included Mclaughlin, Mcteer, Deadlocked.
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
- 1St. Louis rapper of "Hot in Herre" (5) NELLY
- 3Janet, the new head of Gryffindor (6) MCTEER
- 6The Amazon MGM thriller that just landed its leading man (10) DEADLOCKED
- 8Francesca running the writers' room at the wizarding school (8) GARDINER
- 10Frank of "Blonde" (5) OCEAN
- 11Gilderoy ___, the fraud with the best hair in the castle (8) LOCKHART
- 14"Made For Me" singer (8) MUNILONG
- 17Arabella cast as the cleverest witch of her year (7) STANTON
- 18___ Rhymes, rapid-fire rapper (5) BUSTA
- 19Paapa stepping into the potions dungeon (7) ESSIEDU
Down
- 2Atlanta rapper and Fast saga regular, familiarly (4) LUDA
- 3Dominic, the boy with the lightning scar (10) MCLAUGHLIN
- 4Def Squad rapper (6) REDMAN
- 5Walker of "Girls Need Love" (6) SUMMER
- 7Yonkers rapper of the LOX (8) JADAKISS
- 9Fifth Harmony alum gone solo (7) NORMANI
- 12School reopening on HBO this Christmas (8) HOGWARTS
- 13Aiko, on a first-name basis (5) JHENE
- 15Another of the Migos (6) OFFSET
- 16Bronx rapper of "Lean Back" (6) FATJOE