Patches · No. 146 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #146 Answer (Aug 10, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #146 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C2–R2C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C5–R5C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C4–R5C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C3–R6C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C1–R6C2 (8 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C4–R6C5 (2 cells)
- Patch 8: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
About Patches #146
- Patches #146 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 4 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 8 patches, more than the average of 7.9 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 2 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 2 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R1C1 to R2C1.
- Only one tall rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 5 clue at R2C5 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R1C5 to R5C5.