Patches · No. 137 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Patches #137 Answer (Aug 1, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R1C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C1–R2C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C7–R3C7 (3 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C1–R3C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R2C5–R3C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C1–R4C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C6–R4C7 (2 cells)
- Patch 9: R5C1–R5C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C3–R5C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 11: R6C1–R6C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 12: R5C7–R7C7 (3 cells)
- Patch 13: R7C1–R7C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 14: R6C5–R7C6 (4 cells)
About Patches #137
- Patches #137 splits a 7×7 grid into 14 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 1 wide, 11 free-form.
- 7 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 14 patches, more than the average of 8.9 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 4 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 4 clue at R2C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×4 block from R2C1 to R2C4.
- Only one wide rectangle of 2 squares fits inside the grid around the wide 2 clue at R4C7 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×2 block from R4C6 to R4C7.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 4 clue at R6C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×4 block from R6C1 to R6C4.