Patches · No. 135 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #135 Answer (Jul 30, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #135 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R1C8 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C3–R3C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C6–R4C8 (9 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C3–R4C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C3–R6C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 7: R3C1–R8C2 (12 cells)
- Patch 8: R7C6–R8C6 (2 cells)
- Patch 9: R7C3–R8C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C7–R8C8 (8 cells)
About Patches #135
- Patches #135 splits an 8×8 grid into 10 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 3 wide, 2 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 10 patches, more 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 square rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the square 4 clue at R1C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×2 block from R1C1 to R2C2.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 9 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 9 clue at R2C7 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×3 block from R2C6 to R4C8.
- With the patch for the free-form 9 clue at R2C7 fixed, the free-form 6 clue at R1C6 has only one rectangle left, the 1×6 block from R1C3 to R1C8.