Patches · No. 140 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #140 Answer (Aug 4, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #140 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C3–R3C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R3C6 (9 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C1–R4C2 (8 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C3–R4C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R5C1–R6C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C3–R6C6 (8 cells)
About Patches #140
- Patches #140 splits a 6×6 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 tall, 4 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 6 patches, fewer than the average of 9.1 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 8 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 8 clue at R4C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×2 block from R1C1 to R4C2.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 8 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 8 clue at R5C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×4 block from R5C3 to R6C6.