Patches · No. 133 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #133 Answer (Jul 28, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #133 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 2: R2C1–R2C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C6–R5C6 (5 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C1–R3C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C4–R5C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C2–R5C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R6C2–R6C6 (5 cells)
About Patches #133
- Patches #133 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 1 tall, 5 free-form.
- 3 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 10.3 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 free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×5 block from R1C1 to R1C5.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R2C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R1C6 to R5C6.