Patches · No. 125 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #125 Answer (Jul 20, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #125 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R4C2 (8 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R4C7 (16 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R4C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R5C4–R7C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R5C1–R7C3 (9 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C6–R7C7 (6 cells)
About Patches #125
- Patches #125 splits a 7×7 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 6 patches, fewer than the average of 14.0 across the previous 1 puzzles.
- Each patch is one rectangle holding exactly one clue, with the clue's shape and, where a number is shown, exactly that many squares.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 8 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 8 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×2 block from R1C1 to R4C2.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 16 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 16 clue at R1C7 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×4 block from R1C4 to R4C7.