Patches · No. 130 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Patches #130 Answer (Jul 25, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #130 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C6–R4C8 (12 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C1–R4C3 (12 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C4–R3C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C4–R4C5 (2 cells)
- Patch 5: R5C4–R5C8 (5 cells)
- Patch 6: R6C4–R8C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C5–R8C8 (12 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C1–R8C3 (12 cells)
About Patches #130
- Patches #130 splits an 8×8 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 wide, 2 tall, 4 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 10.0 across the previous 6 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.
- Squares R1C1, R1C2, and R2C1 can only be reached by the free-form 12 clue at R2C2, so they belong to that patch.
- With R1C1, R1C2, and R2C1 given to the free-form 12 clue at R2C2, square R1C7 can only be reached by the free-form 12 clue at R1C8, so it belongs to that patch.