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Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast

Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer

A podcast dedicated to meta crosswords and other fun puzzles! Come join Emma and Will as they break down the month"s puzzles, interview constructors, and just generally have a good time.

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All Episodes

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37. And Still ANOTHER Musical Episode with Guest:...

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2025/01/19

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 and the red herring.Links of interest:Muller Monthly Music Meta: https://pmxwords.com/Full list of the 2024 MMMM Puzzles: https://pmxwords.com/2024-puzzles/Ariadne's Crossword Library: https://ariadnescrosswordlibrary.com/-------------------------------------------Want to get in touch w...

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36. "It's a Breeze!" and "Interstate Travel" with...

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2024/08/04

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 for you!Links of interest:Pun of a Kind on XWord Muggles Forum: https://xword-muggles.com/viewforum.php?f=48Pun of a Kind Blogspot: https://punofakind.blogspot.com/Mikey G's Crosshare page: https://crosshare.org/mikeyg-------------------------------------------Want to get in touch with us?...

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35. Another Musical Episode with Guest: Adam Doctoroff

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2024/07/14

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 of the episode is a discussion of the January-June puzzles, and the rest of the episode is a live-solve and discussion of the July puzzle, which was released the day of recording.Links of interest:Muller Monthly Music Meta: https://pmxwords.com/"32. An Elemental Episode" (our previous episode on t...

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34. A Killer (Whale) of an Episode

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2024/06/16

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 Crossword this year!Links of interest:2024 ORCA Awards: https://crosswordfiend.com/2024/03/10/2024-orca-awards/All ORCA Awards posts on Crossword Fiend: https://crosswordfiend.com/category/orca-awards/"Signs of the Times" by Mike Shenk: https://www.wsj.com/articles/signs-of-the-times-friday-cros...

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33. HELLaciously Difficult Trivia with Peter Gordon...

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2024/06/02

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 rest of the audio from our chat with Peter and Alex: https://outsidetheblocks.buzzsprout.com/2044327/14994031-31-resounding-success-and-take-the-fifth-with-constructor-alex-eaton-salners-and-editor-peter-gordon "A-to-Z Crosswords" Kickstarter from Peter Gordon (live through 10pm EDT on June 2, 2024):...

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32. An Elemental Episode

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2024/05/19

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 the May 2024 MMMM puzzle? Yes that sounds much more likely. Spoilers for "Gold-Plated Record" ahead!Links of interest:Muller Monthly Music Meta: https://pmxwords.com/"Gold-Plated Record" by Will Pfadenhauer, Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White: https://pmxwords.com/2024-puzzle-5-gold-plated-...

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31. "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth" with...

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2024/05/05

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 crossword constructor, about two meta puzzles Alex constructed for Fireball in 2023: "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth." Spoiler warning for both of those puzzles!Note Fireball is a a subscription, so we can't link you directly to solvable versions of "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth," but ...

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30. Guest: Mike Dirolf, creator of Crosshare

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2024/04/21

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29. Stepping into Line

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2024/04/07

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28. First Menus of the Lost Collar Stay

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2024/03/24

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27. Arranging Outside Fill-Ins

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2024/02/18

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26. Duplicate Cold Opens Get Prohibited

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2024/01/28

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25. A Musical Episode with Guest: Adam Doctoroff

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2024/01/14

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24. I went to sing Christmas carols and a hockey meta...

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2024/01/07

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23. Metas Wrapped

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2023/12/10

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22. A Cryptic Thanksgiving

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2023/11/26

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32:10

21. The Wordle Episode

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2023/11/05

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37:17

20. A Very Spooky Episode

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2023/10/22

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19. A Hellishly Difficult Gap to Mind

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2023/09/24

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44:28

18. "Fifth Wheels" by Mark Woychick

Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast ·

2023/08/20

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