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S4E8 37. And Still ANOTHER Musical Episode with Guest: Adam Doctoroff
Emma and Adam return to close out the discussion they started last July on the 2024 Muller Monthly Music Meta puzzles! Spoilers for the MMMM puzzles from August-December 2024 as well as the mega meta…
S4E7 36. "It's a Breeze!" and "Interstate Travel" with Constructor Mike Graczyk
Emma and Mike talk about two of Mike's "Pun of a Kind" metas! If you've ever found yourself thinking, "I would like crosswords more if 30% of clues were puns," then oh boy have we got some puzzles…
S4E6 35. Another Musical Episode with Guest: Adam Doctoroff
Emma and Adam talk about the first seven* Muller Monthly Music Meta puzzles from 2024! Spoiler warning for ALL of those puzzles, so go solve them first if you haven't already! *The first ~30 minutes…
S4E5 34. A Killer (Whale) of an Episode
A long overdue discussion on the 2024 (or is it the 2023?) ORCA Awards, which were announced all the way back in March. Spoilers for all seven of the puzzles which were nominated for Best Contest…
S4E4 33. HELLaciously Difficult Trivia with Peter Gordon and Alex Eaton-Salners
Surprise! We played a whole 15-minute trivia game with Peter and Alex when they joined us last month that we didn't have time for in episode #31, so here it is now!Links of interest:Listen to the…
S4E3 32. An Elemental Episode
Emma and Will sing about the periodic table! Wait what the... *checks notes*... who wrote these notes... *double checks notes*... this can't be right... *throws out notes*. Emma and Will talk about…
S4E2 31. "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth" with Constructor Alex Eaton-Salners and Editor Peter Gordon
The time has come! The episode that Will has been hyping for six months is finally here! Emma and Will talk with Peter Gordon, editor of Fireball crosswords, and Alex Eaton-Salners, prolific…
S4E1 30. Guest: Mike Dirolf, creator of Crosshare
Welcome to season four of Outside the Blocks! Emma and Will are joined by Mike Dirolf, creator of Crosshare, who they last chatted with back in episode 5, to talk about what's been going on over at…
S3E11 29. Stepping into Line
Emma and Will talk about the final two Pandora's Blocks puzzles, "Form One Line, Please" and "Stepping Down." Spoilers for both of those puzzles!Pandora's Blocks may be ending, but Outside the Blocks…
S3E10 28. First Menus of the Lost Collar Stay
We're back! Emma and Will are back to talk about two more Pandora's Blocks puzzles. On the menu today is "First Place" and "Dropdown Menus." Spoilers ahead for both of those puzzles.Only two more…
S3E9 27. Arranging Outside Fill-Ins
Emma and Will do some flower arranging outside a filling station! Wait... hang on a sec... *checks notes* ... Emma and Will fill in the blanks outside a flower shop? No, that doesn't sound right…
S3E8 26. Duplicate Cold Opens Get Prohibited
Emma and Will talk about three more Pandora's Blocks puzzles! Spoilers for "Duplication Prohibited," "Get to Gettin'," and "Cold Opens."Links of interest:Pandora's Blocks:…
S3E7 25. A Musical Episode with Guest: Adam Doctoroff
Emma and Will are joined by speed solver extraordinaire, Adam Doctoroff, for a crash course in speed-solving and a discussion on the Muller Monthly Music Metas from 2023! Spoilers for 2023's MMMM…
S3E6 24. I went to sing Christmas carols and a hockey meta broke out
Pandora's Blocks is back for one more season! Emma and Will talk about the first two puzzles of season six. Spoilers for "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "Through the Five Hole" as well as for an older…
S3E5 23. Metas Wrapped
Emma and Will take a look at some of their favorite metas from the past year! Spoilers for several metas from 2023. See below for links to solutions and other sites of interest.Contest Crosswords…
S3E4 22. A Cryptic Thanksgiving
Emma and Will solve a mini cryptic!Links of interest:Crosswords and Trivia by Stella Zawistowski: https://toughasnails.net/Oneth of the Month Mini Cryptic #18:…
S3E3 21. The Wordle Episode
Will and Emma play Wordle and do mostly okay with geography!If you listened to our last episode, then we're sorry to say this is not the episode you want it to be - we do have a very exciting guest…
S3E2 20. A Very Spooky Episode
Emma and Will explore a haunted house! Wait, that doesn't ... huh ... *checks notes* ... oh hey that's basically right! Spoilers for Evan Birnholz's "The Haunted House" puzzle suite from Oct. 31,…
S3E1 19. A Hellishly Difficult Gap to Mind
Emma and Will have a hellishly difficult conversation. Wait, that doesn't sound right. Emma and Will *checks notes* have a conversation about a "devilishly hard" metapuzzle! Yes, that's it. (It's…
S2E6 18. "Fifth Wheels" by Mark Woychick
Emma and Will chat with Mark Woychick, constructor of the puzzle "Fifth Wheels" in the Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) puzzle pack. This episode includes spoilers for "Fifth Wheels," so…
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