Patches · No. 153 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #153 Answer (Aug 17, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #153 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R3C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C2–R1C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C2–R3C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C4–R3C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R6C3 (9 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C4–R6C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R2C5–R6C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 8: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
About Patches #153
- Patches #153 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 3 tall, 4 free-form.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 11.0 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 3 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 3 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×1 block from R1C1 to R3C1.
- Only one square rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the square 4 clue at R3C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×2 block from R2C2 to R3C3.