Wednesday, September 30, 2020

puzzle sixty six - quote puzzle

i thought about making a joke here, but between one across and seven across, you can make your own joke! bonus points if you make a quote puzzle with that joke! bonus bonus points if it is funnier than this puzzle! (warning: it will be very hard to be funnier than the quote in this puzzle, but that doesn't mean you can't try!)

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

puzzle sixty five - damn

blast from the past! by which i mean [googles] only four years ago...damn, that felt so much longer ago :-(

Saturday, September 26, 2020

puzzle sixty two - with all due respect

looking forward to watching your favorite crossword twitch streamer's favorite crossword twitch streamer solve this on a crossword twitch stream! only one way to react to it!

Friday, September 25, 2020

puzzle sixty one - letter-less crossword

after the vwllss md and the ooae ue, only natural that i do a letterless crossword, especially since i forgot to renew my subscription to all twenty six letters like i said i was going to yesterday!

Thursday, September 24, 2020

puzzle sixty - later, letters!

my construction software subscription to all twenty six letters ran out. renewing it tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

puzzle fifty eight - crimes i've committed

[i had a blog post here but my lawyers advised me to delete that and not post anything until the trial is over.]

Sunday, September 20, 2020

puzzle fifty six - unread my lips - ada nicolle guest puzzle

ada nicolle finally sent in another guest puzzle after i called her out at 43-across! ada says: 

"hi y'all! this is one of my favourite themelesses i've made cluing-wise. took the liberty of writing some et tu-inspired clues. hope you enjoy!"

Saturday, September 19, 2020

puzzle fifty five - ascent into madness - jake eakle guest puzzle

guest puzzle from jake eakle! he notes:
long time viewer, first time caller. it's been a real delight to jump into the construction community at this particular moment in time, and alongside invaluable feedback and exposure to the experts on the crosscord server, et tu, etui? has been a big part of that. so i can't think of a place i'd rather make my debut, and i believe i've created a puzzle that might well find a home at your fine establishment.
i agree! it was a very fun puzzle! it is also a bit challenging, but it is very fun!

Friday, September 18, 2020

puzzle fifty four - the tribute puzzle that nobody asked for - sid sivakumar guest puzzle

another guest puzzle from the esteemed sid sivakumar of sid's grids fame! also, the title is wrong, because this is my favorite movie of all time and i definitely asked for this puzzle!

Thursday, September 17, 2020

puzzle fifty three - hypothetical crossword - shen bapiro guest puzzle

shen bapiro had a wonderful gecxwords puzzle recently that was honoured by will nediger; this one should get honoured too! [note to self: wire will nediger $11 CAD before posting this puzzle, then delete this note.]

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

puzzle fifty two - anti-knight crossword - paolo pasco guest puzzle

another fun crossword from paolo pasco! no word on whether this was also rejected by the cracking the cryptic people, but it has a fun sudoku constraint! squares that are a knight's move apart must be different letters!

Monday, September 14, 2020

puzzle fifty - ooae ue

puzzle fifty! woo! taking the l on this one, and also every other consonant! that's right, this is a consonantless puzzle, or as the title says, ooae ue! no consonants will appear in the puzzle! also, unlike the vwllss md, y is a vowel and might show up in the puzzle!

Sunday, September 13, 2020

puzzle forty nine - spirit-forward - jessica goldstein guest puzzle

jessica goldstein sent me this puzzle and i love it! the background is *chef's kiss* and the song is an absolute banger! also, jessica wants me to say "good morning to everyone except ben shapiro"!

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Friday, September 11, 2020

puzzle forty seven - commercial break

i got a pop-up ad in the middle of constructing and i couldn't get rid of it so i constructed around it! at least it's AD and not ADrian lol get it!

Thursday, September 10, 2020

puzzle forty six - name brand pt. 2

apt (and i do mean apt!) grid art! bonus points for guessing what yesterday's puzzle was! ;-)

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

puzzle forty five - name brand pt. 1

apt (and i do mean apt!) grid art! bonus points for guessing what tomorrow's puzzle is! ;-)

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

puzzle forty four - interactive puzzle

wow! my first interactive puzzle! really excited for this one! let me know what you get after solving this puzzle! it's different for everyone! that's right, it's customized just for you :-)

Monday, September 7, 2020

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Saturday, September 5, 2020

puzzle forty one - my minecraft gf (gf = grid fun)

grid art! it was very therapeutic to color in all of those squares, especially after yesterday's boring guest puzzle! if only there was a game where i could similarly build things block by block!

Friday, September 4, 2020

puzzle forty - schedule - craig etui guest puzzle

this is a guest puzzle by my brother craig. craig lives in the suburbs with his wife and two kids. craig is an accountant. his favorite color is clear. craig is boring. i hate craig.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

puzzle thirty nine - say, say, say, say, say - adam aaronson and jack joshi guest puzzle

guest puzzle from adam aaronson and jack joshi, or so they say! they sent this to me asking if i wanted it as a guest puzzle, and when i saw how good it was, what else could i say? and what else could the constructors say?

apparently, they've got a lot to say! constructor notes: we've been huge fans of et tu etui since the very beginning, so we're pumped to be making our debut here! we're good friends who met each other last year at uiuc. you may recognize adam from his nyt and indie puzzles, and you should keep an eye out for jack as a budding cruciverbalist as well! we hope you find this puzzle, dare we say, sensaytional!

p.s. this is not related to say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, or any other puzzle; at least, that's what the lawyers want me to say.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020