puzzle one hundred and thirty two: wwwhat the vvvwuck

a lot of people ask me "et tu, when you show a picture of yourself it's sometimes the clipart smiley face but sometimes it's mister happy pencil. which one are you really?" to them i ask, have you ever seen into the spiderverse

oh yeah flats friday is cancelled this week btw. more details tomorrow.  

puzzle one hundred and thirty one: wacław sierpiński can eat my pant

this puzzle looks a lot like the game simon, you know like simon says in among us haha when the impostor is sus 😳 

puzzle one hundred and thirty: it's 28-across! it's 28-across! it's 28-across! it's 28-across! it's 28-across!

this puzzle was inspired by my burning love for tito "dick" dickman baby

 

FLATS FRIDAY: GUEST FLATS BY ADA NICOLLE

Hi y'all! It's Ada Nicolle here, and I'm celebrating AJR day by telling Et Tu to let me post on their blog! Here are some AJR flats!

DOUBLE BANK (*1 *1 *1, 4) (7, *10)

I love this A1 album, maybe I’ll listen to B1

these brothers three make banger songs and I've listened to each one

I've played "The Click", now "B2" is the one blessing my ears,

I'll leave my door A2 so my whole family can hear!

FIRST LETTER CHANGE (*6, *6)

"ONE TWO went ONE TWO went ONE TWO went down

he said screw it, Imma smile right through it

and I'll scream when no one's around"

- AJR in their song "ONE TWO"

AJR-IFYING (2, 5)

(this flat requires knowledge of the ritual weapon known as the VAJRA)

"Comment ça TWO?" he said to me

I was in France then, don't you see?

He asked me if I knew the FIVE,

the ritual weapon symbolizing the properties of a diamond and a thunderbolt

VOWELCY (*2 *8, 4 6)

If you need a SECOND PHRASE

to skip shit you don't wanna do

just bump AJR'S FIRST PHRASE,

it's their new opening tune

click the button for answers

AJR / AJAR, ANOTHER / NEOTHEATER | HUMPTY / DUMPTY | VA / VAJRA | OK OVERTURE / GOOD EXCUSE

puzzle one hundred and twenty nine: can i have your number

😳

puzzle one hundred and twenty eight: forward-thinking

you guys know the drill, but for people who have never solved a crossword before, some advice: how the hell did you get here? 

puzzle one hundred and twenty seven: bad bunny (zootopia puzzle #5)

"silly rabbit, trix are for kids!" -zootopia, i'm pretty sure

it's truly been an honor to serve as a brand ambassador for disney+. while this may be the end of zootopia week here on et tu etui+, i will continue to manifest the zootopian spirit for the rest of my life. i'd like to thank the creative masterminds at walt disney animation studios for the artistic direction on this puzzle. last but not least, thank you jason bateman for the test solve

FLATS FURDAY: ZOOTOPIA EDITION

you can't spell "ettu has been posting a lot about zootopia as of late" without "flat!".

TRANSPOSAL (6)

Nick and Judy act like SPATs

They have to solve the case, and fast.

They work so hard! I love their... drive?

Oh wait a sec, it's called their "PAST"

LETTER BANK (HOW = 5, OH WOW = 7)

There once was an affable cheetah,

The ZPD's resident greetah. 

He loved donuts with HOW,

And his app with OH WOW.

(He'd flip if they happened to meet-ah)

GOING SAVAGE (TAME = 4, FERAL = 8)

"Zootopia"'s perfect to watch while you chill:

crack open a TAME and relax.

It sucks you in fast, with its cute furry toons,

But then: savage mammal attacks!

This movie is art—they should send it to Cannes!

Why is it so slept on? That FERALs me, man.

TRANSDELETION (FIRST = 6 3, SECOND = 2-6)

My Wildehopps headcanon: they SECOND a child

(Domestic life! What could be greater?).

"Remember, I love you," says Hopps to her Wilde

(The FIRST helps him play it back later)

LETTER BANK (PHRASE ONE = 5 7, THE LONGER PHRASE TWO = 3'1 3 6 4 3 4)

Drama 'lert nation,

An update for you:

With no hesitation,

THE LONGER PHRASE TWO!

Bellwether's in trouble—

Her mayorship's done.

Those mammals went savage

Because of PHRASE ONE.

VORING

i ran out of time on this one but the idea is to have NICK vore the words ET AL to make the phrase NICE TALK. if you could write the flat and say it to yourself that'd be good.

click the button for answers

SLEUTH / HUSTLE | GLAZE / GAZELLE | BEER / BEWILDER | CARROT PEN / COPARENT | NIGHT HOWLERS / LET'S GET ROIGHT INTO THE NEWS | TRY EVERYTHING (T+RYE+VERY THIN G)

puzzle one hundred and twenty six: jerry the elephant can eat my pant (zootopia puzzle #4)

sorry for the delay, i was busy watching a really really good movie! can you guess which one it was

hint #1: it came out in 2016

hint #2: it starts with a "z"

hint #3: the next two letters are "oo"

hint #4: one of the stars is the guy from arrested development

that's right! i was watching zoolander 2

 

puzzle one hundred and twenty five: roll credits! (zootopia puzzle #3)

this puzzle will also be available at Disneyland™. go on the rides  :) brought to you by Disney+™ 

 

puzzle one hundred and twenty four: completely themeless (zootopia puzzle #2)

have you thanked Disney+™ for its quality entertainment today? i'll give you some time to do that if you haven't already. anyway here's the text of the entire zootopia teaser trailer 

In the world of Zootopia, humans never happened, which makes Zootopia a modern civilized world that is entirely animal. (Nick pops into frame) That is an animal. Animals in Zootopia are anthropomorphic; that is just a big, fancy word that means that they walk around on two feet, they do not go to work nude—(clothes appear on Nick) thank you. Almost—(Nick turns around and zips up) that's got it—and, they use technology. (animals walk through frame) Okay there are mammals from all over the globe in Zootopia, large and small, fast and slow. But the truth is: Zootopia isn't perfect, and just like our world, not everyone gets along. (Nick trips Judy) Especially natural enemies. (arrows with "Fox" and "Bunny" point to Nick and Judy respectively) Which can create some issues. But nature always gives animals special skills to survive, (Nick claps his hands, screen goes dark) and while one may have amazing night vision, (Judy claps, light turns off and Nick is gone) another may have incredible hearing... and an air-powered elephant tranquilizer (Judy darts Nick, he falls from the ceiling on his face). So now you know. Zootopia. Like nothing you've seen be-furrr.

anyway why did judy have an elephant tranquilizer. that's kinda messed up

puzzle one hundred and twenty three, brought to you by Disney+™ (zootopia puzzle #1)

thanks to this new Zootopia Word List™ courtesy of Disney+™, i'm now able to write crosswords about my favorite movie. Disney™ is giving me enough money to post puzzles every day this week!

here's the script for reference to guide you along this journey. stay hoppy!

puzzle one hundred and twenty two: this is unBEARable ;))))

one year ago today, a very special puzzle ran in the new york times. zero years ago today, a very special puzzle is running in et tu etui. one year from now today, the Seabear Incident will rock the crossword world as a whole. prepare yourself while you can

 

FLATS FRIDAY: THE MUSICAL

these cannot be sung.

LETTER BANKLESS (4 2 5, *13)

I drew stuff on my selfie

in memoriam for Pop,

the app called it a LOLLOP, it said

“love you father, PLOP”

 

PLURAL (4, 5)

Whene’er a SINGULAR craving comes,

(And believe me, it does on the regs),

There’s nothing I like to munch on more,

Than some good ol’ PLURALS and eggs!

  

CHANGE OF HEART (5 4, 4, 8, 5)

There once was a NINE who would strive

To tell all that non-tall men could thrive,

His words, although wise,

Came as quite a surprise

(They were EIGHT to FOUR person on FIVE)

THE ANSWER IS CUMQUAT (*7, and that *7 is “Cumquat”)

CUMQUAT

click the button for answers

REST IN PEACE / SNAPSTERPIECE | SOUP / SOUPS | SHORT KING / EACH / SHOCKING/ EARTH | CUMQUAT

puzzle one hundred and twenty one: super unusual sundaysized

darian gave me back my blog and apologized. anyway, here's that puzzle i was talking about last week (6-down).  no nyt sunday has ever had a similar concept i don't think.

Crossword #2 by Darian Powell

Here's a puzzle about my favorite subject: ME. AHAHAHAHAHAHA

   

Crossword #1 by Darian Powell

The first mistake Ettu made was not monetizing their fame while they had the chance. This is the first of many changes I will be making around here.

- Darian (darianxwords.blogspot.com)

 

DISCO KEVIN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

THIS IS NOT A FLAT (0, 0)

Et Tu, Ettu, or Etui, however you want to refer to yourself. 

I now have access to your blog.

I pretended to be Disco Kevin to gain your trust.

The moment you gave me your log-in info to write my post,

I changed the HTML to freeze your website

so that you would freak out.

I knew you would be incapable of finding and fixing it.

In doing that, I was able to stall time to hack into your e-mail

to change the password for your account.

After doing that, I logged you out and unfroze the site.

It is mine now.

BACKSTORY (6, 6)

I’ve been the subject of your jokes since this blog began.

I am tired of seeing my name sullied for your horrible puzzles.

You all laugh at me.

I’ve seen your “about me” page, where you say your name is an anagram of “ardian powell”.

Guess what. I’ve had enough of this mockery.

I’m not actually a man named Disco Kevin.

My name is Darian Powell, and I am a crossword constructor.

REALIZATION (0w0)

How dare you think I’m so clueless,

thinking I wouldn’t recognize my own name

with only the first two letters switched around.

I’m not your little plaything.

I'm tired of the relentless mockery: saying I’m the constructor

of one of the worst puzzle websites at the time,

turning me into a meme among you and your community.

This stops now.

LETTER BANK (2, 3)

The fuzzy heads on fursuits

Aren’t great for seeing through.

I tripped real bad at AnthroCon—

I first said “THREE,” then “TWO!”

THREAT (8, 2)

I now know your identity.

I will reveal it to the world if you don’t promise me these three things:

1) never make a joke about me ever again.

2) you must tell people to follow my blog darianxwords.blogspot.com

3) you must write up my puzzles on your blog the day I post them with a glowing review

Your move, Et Tu Etui

puzzle one hundred and twenty: i'd be hard-PRESSED to tell you what this theme is (wink)

i really regret making someone a theme answer in this puzzle after the events of this week. anyway this is the post.

puzzle one hundred and nineteen: eat shit (baby baby ooh) uhh (disco kevin guest puzzle)

guest puzzle by my muse: disco kevin, the mad dude with the rad 'tude! (note: keep the guest constructor for this puzzle in mind. disco kevin is "A THING", okay? it's going to be VERY important later this week. just keep it in mind. disco kevin. cool.)