Patches · No. 149 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #149 Answer (Aug 13, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #149 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C2–R2C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R3C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R2C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C6–R4C7 (8 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C1–R7C1 (7 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C4–R7C5 (8 cells)
- Patch 7: R3C2–R7C3 (10 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C6–R7C7 (6 cells)
About Patches #149
- Patches #149 splits a 7×7 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 8 tall.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 9.3 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 tall rectangle of 2 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 2 clue at R1C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R1C2 to R2C2.
- Squares R1C1, R2C1, R3C1, R4C1, R5C1, and R7C1 can only be reached by the tall clue with no number at R6C1, so they belong to that patch.
- With the patch for the tall 2 clue at R1C2 fixed and R1C1, R2C1, R3C1, R4C1, R5C1, and R7C1 given to the tall clue with no number at R6C1, the tall clue with no number at R6C1 has only one rectangle left, the 7×1 block from R1C1 to R7C1.