Patches · No. 159 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Patches #159 Answer (Aug 23, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #159 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C8 (8 cells)
- Patch 2: R2C2–R2C7 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C2–R6C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C3–R3C7 (5 cells)
- Patch 5: R2C8–R8C8 (7 cells)
- Patch 6: R2C1–R6C1 (5 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C3–R6C6 (12 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C7–R7C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 9: R7C1–R7C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 10: R8C1–R8C7 (7 cells)
About Patches #159
- Patches #159 splits an 8×8 grid into 10 patches.
- Clue shapes: 4 wide, 6 free-form.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 10 patches, fewer than the average of 10.9 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.
- Square R1C4 can only be reached by the free-form 8 clue at R1C3, so it belongs to that patch.
- Square R5C7 can only be reached by the free-form 4 clue at R6C7, so it belongs to that patch.
- With R5C7 given to the free-form 4 clue at R6C7, square R6C5 can only be reached by the wide 12 clue at R6C4, so it belongs to that patch.