Patches · No. 162 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #162 Answer (Aug 26, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #162 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C4–R3C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C1–R3C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R3C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C4–R6C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C5–R6C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C2–R6C3 (6 cells)
About Patches #162
- Patches #162 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 8 tall.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 9.4 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 6 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 6 clue at R2C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×2 block from R1C1 to R3C2.
- Squares R1C3 and R2C3 can only be reached by the tall 3 clue at R3C3, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 3×1 block from R1C3 to R3C3.