Patches · No. 163 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #163 Answer (Aug 27, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #163 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R4C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C1–R3C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C5–R5C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R4C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 7: R5C1–R5C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R6C1–R6C5 (5 cells)
About Patches #163
- Patches #163 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 wide, 2 tall, 4 free-form.
- 2 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.
- Squares R1C1 and R1C2 can only be reached by the free-form 3 clue at R1C3, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 1×3 block from R1C1 to R1C3.
- With R1C1 and R1C2 given to the free-form 3 clue at R1C3, square R1C4 can only be reached by the tall 4 clue at R2C4, so it belongs to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes it is the 4×1 block from R1C4 to R4C4.