Patches · No. 124 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Patches #124 Answer (Jul 19, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R3C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R3C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C6–R3C8 (9 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C3–R4C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C5–R3C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C4–R4C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C2–R7C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 9: R4C8–R8C8 (5 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C3–R6C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 11: R7C3–R7C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 12: R7C1–R8C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 13: R8C2–R8C6 (5 cells)
- Patch 14: R5C7–R8C7 (4 cells)
About Patches #124
- Patches #124 splits an 8×8 grid into 14 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 wide, 4 tall, 8 free-form.
- 6 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- Each patch is one rectangle holding exactly one clue, with the clue's shape and, where a number is shown, exactly that many squares.
- Square R1C1 can only be reached by the tall clue with no number at R1C2, so it belongs to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes it is the 3×2 block from R1C1 to R3C2.
- Square R1C3 can only be reached by the free-form 4 clue at R2C3, so it belongs to that patch.
- With the patch for the tall clue with no number at R1C2 fixed and R1C3 given to the free-form 4 clue at R2C3, the free-form 4 clue at R2C3 has only one rectangle left, the 4×1 block from R1C3 to R4C3.