Patches · No. 148 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #148 Answer (Aug 12, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #148 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R4C1 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R2C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C4–R1C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C7–R4C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C2–R7C2 (7 cells)
- Patch 6: R2C4–R6C5 (10 cells)
- Patch 7: R2C6–R6C6 (5 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C1–R7C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 9: R3C3–R7C3 (5 cells)
- Patch 10: R7C4–R7C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 11: R5C7–R7C7 (3 cells)
About Patches #148
- Patches #148 splits a 7×7 grid into 11 patches.
- Clue shapes: 11 free-form.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 11 patches, more than the average of 8.3 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 7 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 7 clue at R4C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 7×1 block from R1C2 to R7C2.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 3 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 3 clue at R7C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×1 block from R5C1 to R7C1.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R7C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R3C3 to R7C3.