Puzzle One Hundred and Fifty Nine: I Am Better Than You

Time for the Et Tu Twitter Roundup, where I share one randomly chosen tweet from the Crosswordsphere!

making a 15x15 with 28 theme entries and I thought I finally managed to squeeze them all in but it turns out I accidentally deleted one

— Will Nediger (@bewildering_ly) June 3, 2022

Thanks for the tweet, Will!

Anyway, here's a 15x15 with 29 theme entries and I didn't forget any of them

 

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!