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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"4 likes isnt a lot" imagine a four-square crossword. youre Right ,it sucks. GIMME MORE LIKES!!!!

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"And hey let's make this one a green-light"

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

[twitch streaming] "aaand there's Mr. Happy Pencil! ok next up is a viewer-submitted puzzle from IfUrSlowIWillSWATYou. hey 1's in the chat if you're excited"

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I now present a new form of crossword Symmetry called UltraSymmetry, where the grid is rotationally symmetrical if you turn it 180° clockwise OR 180° counterclockwise

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Constructors should be maximizing for odds of being published on 50000x day. Residuals are incredible

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

" how can the Apple News crosssword be free this often ?" you ask. Well , today w'ere offsetting the losses by making puzzle access 50000x normal cost

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

total SCUM behavior.... ACPT pencils being pre-broken internally at different depths depending who theyre handed to.. guy squatting under ballroom table had "Feyer snaps on 45A" as final leg of +22000 parlay and Lost His Mind when it hit

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

fuuuuck my Puzzmo Constructor Month is November even though every puzzle i've written up to this point is January-themed

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i tried to get AI to analyze my black square placement... but it just gave the grid extra Fingers! [1] 🤣🤣🤣 [1] A "Finger" is a line of three black squares touching the edge of a crossword grid. (Patrick Berry Construction Guide, p. 32)

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

xwordinfo has sentimental value to me, which is why i ask to pay him in sentimental dollars. i just sentiment really hard at him until he gives me a free subscription so i’ll stop crying

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CONSTRUCTOR TIP: before submitting print out your grid & look at it with fresh eyes the next morning. good lord who put all this shit in here. Guess it was me huh

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NAME AND SHAME THE WORMS churning out these Sickening constructor bios... hiking, baking, Pub trivia , "spending time with my dog" -- same fucking agency owns one golden retriever and drives it from photoshoot to photoshoot

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

im hearing reports that Social Media Interns for the Lubbock Sentinel games section are making tha editors do a Hear Me Out cake where they imply they would, "get it on", with a Utah or a cheater square or the like

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Typical outcome of my submitted puzzles……

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

crossworld needs an EXPOSE on the RATS who mass-purchase tournament tickets and jack up prices on the resale market... for half price they'll compete in your name and wear spyglasses and an ear piece so you can tell them what to write and where

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Putting my crossword editor down as person responsible for collecting me after hernia repair srugery.. now let's see how HE likes doing extensive work for little to no money

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Never underestimate the power of a constructor with Ingrid in one hand ... and Bag full of hair in other .....

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the Masses dont understand my decision to construct in Adobe Photoshop bu,t, it is the superior software. precise text box control. limitless grid geometries. and maybe when your done u can put an image of a editor by the grid and give them a big Smile

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ACPT officials confiscated my stop watch because it was displaying the incorrect Time. i explained that this is why i brougt it ,but, apparently they already had several incorrect times supplied by the venue,

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

due to space constraints local Newspaper editor has decided to shrink the crossword byline down and move it to the only section w/ room: the obituary column . i admit i have my Worries

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ETTU ETOURNAMENT UPDATE: I could Not secure “Dr. Fill” so solving on (they?) behalf will be “The Machine” Bert Kreischer. You will get a Sticker if you Beat him and Yes the shirt is coming off

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

CONSTRUCTOR TIP: Don‘t let one bad crossing ruin a whole grid!! i keylogged my testsolvers PC so i can call her during that part & mention her car is currently being towed

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER SOLVING MY PUZZLES: This is the most relatable crossword I've Ever solved! Thanks for representing my lived experience so beautifully , with POOHEADS and then POOHEADS again in different slot

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As an editor, I support and even encourage highlighting your personality in the clues! Unfortunately, this puzzle you submitted is fundamentally unsolvable because half the clues are just [Like my dad]

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

judging a blind submission for a tournament slot... it hurts to see... Larvis signed all his clues "- Blessings, Larvis"

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

loving the new Sharpie tool in the crossword app; finally a way to enter answers you are EXTREMELY certain about. In such situatoins i have previously been pressing a Thumb Tack into the screen

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"no no no! the two-letter words! the asymmetry! the part of speech disagreements!! AUGH!!!" "Honey, honey, wake up! It's just a bad dream" ...but then my wife was a damn UNCH!!!

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CONSTRUCTOR PRODUCTIVITY TIP: once you’ve submitted a puzzle, just forget about it & start the next one. Gotta keep grinding!!! open a New grid. put in the same fill and clues and title. These are all comign to me incredibly fast

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

MYSTERY HUNT SOLUTION: "Examining the foodstuffs,, it becomes quickly Apparent that they are all components of a meal that the Constructor had at the Plainview Taco Bell on 27/5/2009... " ME: I Am Glad I Spent $1000s Of Dollars To Fly Out For This

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

seizing the Attention Economy by supplementing crossword applet with a little window playing Family Guy clips. i have not figured out how to make this translate to print, but i feel a flip-book will require but a small bit of extra work

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thinking about the «fan» at Baltimore xword meetup, who asked me to sign his forearm with an OfficeMax permenent marker & then looked at my signature and said “oh I thought you were some one else— but its fine i guess ”

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

my puzzleme Botfarming oepration , has goosed my blog stats to >1,000,000,000 solves per puzzle with 1,000,000 going on at any given time . Unfortunately the load has made puzzleme embeds slow to a crawl on every other site. Typing in an M takes 30 minutes

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Constructor notes: Movin on up⬆️⬆️!! Just 89% of my clues were changed this time, compared with 95% last time. Found another 2% in my pants pocket too so that’s 8 % total;, now with this windfall i am going to get my self a Snickers Bar,

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ME: i've done it. the perfect clue for ORE. nay, the perfect clue. my work shall be remembered for centuries. ( i weep with bloodshot eyes) EDITOR IN OFFICE SLACK CHANNEL: "lol my computer is a machine that turns all ORE clues into [Mine find]" [🤣 2]

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

‘’across‘’ is such a fucked word to use for that. Yea man turn across at that intersection. hey are you left or across handed. sliiide to the left! sliiiiide to the across! im gonna go watch the across brothers crash their shitass Flying machine

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One thing i *love* about crosswords is how a single well-written clue can challenge your most basic assumptions and make you see things differently. for example Im now possibly somewhat open to the idea of children being permitted to Sneeze

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

things are getting tense waiting for finals at Great Plains Xword tournament.. first a ventriloquist, then some guy juggled granola & now organizers are slowly sweeping a flash light across the audience. meanwhile judges are arguing heatedly over whether Entire Mahjong Set can go into 1 rebus square

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

underground market for 9x3 triple stacks in Complete Shambles rn.. whole circuit got flooded with supposedly high-end stacks from “unknown private dealer” ; Every last fucking one of them built around OTAMATONE

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

today’s’ revealer is a damp Jcpenney coupon glued over rows 12–13 . No body is permitted to know why, or whＵｓｅｋｅｙｐａｄｔｏｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｔｒａｎｓａｃｔｉｏｎ

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I submitted a puzzle and it was rejected.

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i Finally met Will Shortz!!!! unfortunately it was in a Sbarros and he was facing away from me ,so i spent 45 minutes pitching my ‘National Insurance Awareness Day’ theme directly into the Beverage station

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

【 LEADERBOARD PATCH NOTES 】 Excited to announce our crossword ranking system now has Photo Finish feature! After final square the top two solvers sprint down hallway toward a ribbon, yesterdays winner went thru drywall and left his Ass in the first room

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A «newbie» like you woudlnt understand , but by studying a puzzle outlet for a few months you can get a sense of what makes them “tick“. for example the "4." next to the clue here means that it starts in the box with the little 4

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

why is there a black square at row 6 column 8 in every grid!!!! [closes Crossfire; square is still on desktop ] oh

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Yeah Themed puzzles are my Bread and butter" He mumbled, Mouth full of Crossword

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

[APP UPDATE] Family Plan now lets up to six relatives share one crossword!! Each person is assigned 25-35 squares and if Nana hasnt logged in yet u simply cannot recieve gold star . This Is How Families Work

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ENTHUSIASTIC GUY TRYING TO JOIN A "WHAT A CROSSWORD WRITER DOES IN A DAY" RIFF: Haha yeah and then I have 14% the letter E for breakfast! And I take a walk with roughly 12% the letter A!

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

[MY OWN FUNERAL, 2073] PRIEST: We must honor Ettu's wish that we not use the term "died" but instead say “revealed" MY UNGRATEFUL GRANDCHILDREN: [in unison , flatly] we get it PRIEST: [rapidly flipping thru binder] Ettu also prepared 45 min of remarks about your eulogys "Busted ass Surface Sense"

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