Patches · No. 161 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #161 Answer (Aug 25, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #161 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R1C6 (2 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C2–R2C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C4–R6C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C1–R5C3 (9 cells)
- Patch 6: R2C5–R5C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C1–R6C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 8: R6C5–R6C6 (2 cells)
About Patches #161
- Patches #161 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 8 free-form.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 9.7 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 9 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 9 clue at R4C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×3 block from R3C1 to R5C3.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 8 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 8 clue at R5C5 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×2 block from R2C5 to R5C6.