Patches · No. 136 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Patches #136 Answer (Jul 31, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #136 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C4 (8 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R3C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C1–R6C4 (16 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C5–R6C6 (6 cells)
About Patches #136
- Patches #136 splits a 6×6 grid into 4 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 tall, 2 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 4 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.
- Squares R1C2 and R1C3 can only be reached by the free-form 8 clue at R1C1, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 2×4 block from R1C1 to R2C4.