Patches · No. 167 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #167 Answer (Aug 31, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #167 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C4 (8 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R2C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C1–R6C3 (12 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C4–R6C6 (12 cells)
About Patches #167
- Patches #167 splits a 6×6 grid into 4 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 wide, 1 tall, 2 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 4 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, R1C2, and R2C1 can only be reached by the wide 8 clue at R2C2, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 2×4 block from R1C1 to R2C4.