Patches · No. 134 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #134 Answer (Jul 29, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #134 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C3–R4C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R1C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C1–R3C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C5–R3C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R4C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C5–R6C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 7: R5C1–R6C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 8: R2C4–R6C4 (5 cells)
About Patches #134
- Patches #134 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 wide, 1 tall, 6 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 9.7 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 6 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 6 clue at R6C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×3 block from R5C1 to R6C3.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R6C4 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R2C4 to R6C4.