congrats to matthew grieco of brooklyn, the winner of the meta contest! matthew has won a free premium subscription to year 2 of outside the box puzzles.

solutions (including spoilers for the puzzle, obviously) after the jump.

lots of exciting news: as of today, subscriptions are open for year 2 of outside the box puzzles!

i'd provide a bio of the constructor, but this time it's me, and i already did that. hope you like it.