Patches · No. 132 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #132 Answer (Jul 27, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #132 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R6C1 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R1C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C2–R5C2 (5 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C3–R2C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C3–R5C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C5–R6C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C2–R6C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 8: R2C6–R6C6 (5 cells)
About Patches #132
- Patches #132 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 4 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 10.0 across the previous 7 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 tall rectangle of 6 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 6 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 6×1 block from R1C1 to R6C1.
- Only one tall rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 5 clue at R6C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R2C6 to R6C6.