Patches · No. 127 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #127 Answer (Jul 22, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #127 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C3–R1C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C4–R3C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C3–R7C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C4–R5C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 6: R6C4–R7C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 7: R1C7–R7C7 (7 cells)
- Patch 8: R3C1–R7C2 (10 cells)
About Patches #127
- Patches #127 splits a 7×7 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 3 wide, 1 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 10.7 across the previous 3 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 7 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 7 clue at R6C7 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 7×1 block from R1C7 to R7C7.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 10 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 10 clue at R7C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×2 block from R3C1 to R7C2.