Patches · No. 129 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Patches #129 Answer (Jul 24, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #129 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R2C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C2–R4C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C5–R2C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C3–R4C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C4–R4C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R3C1–R6C1 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C5–R6C5 (2 cells)
- Patch 9: R5C2–R6C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 10: R3C6–R6C6 (4 cells)
About Patches #129
- Patches #129 splits a 6×6 grid into 10 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 1 wide, 1 tall, 6 free-form.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 10 patches, the same as the average of 10.0 across the previous 5 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 4 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 4 clue at R6C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×1 block from R3C6 to R6C6.
- Square R1C6 can only be reached by the square clue with no number at R2C6, so it belongs to that patch.
- With the patch for the free-form 4 clue at R6C6 fixed and R1C6 given to the square clue with no number at R2C6, the square clue with no number at R2C6 has only one rectangle left, the 2×2 block from R1C5 to R2C6.