Patches · No. 174 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #174 Answer (Sep 7, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #174 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C2–R2C6 (10 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C1–R3C3 (3 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C4–R6C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R6C3 (9 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C5–R4C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R5C5–R5C6 (2 cells)
- Patch 8: R6C5–R6C6 (2 cells)
About Patches #174
- Patches #174 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 2 wide, 2 tall, 2 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.
- Only one tall rectangle of 2 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 2 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R1C1 to R2C1.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 10 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 10 clue at R2C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×5 block from R1C2 to R2C6.