Patches · No. 175 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #175 Answer (Sep 8, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #175 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C2–R6C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R2C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C5–R2C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C3–R4C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C1–R4C1 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C1–R6C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 7: R5C3–R6C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C5–R6C6 (4 cells)
About Patches #175
- Patches #175 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 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 10.0 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 square rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the square 4 clue at R2C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×2 block from R1C5 to R2C6.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 8 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 8 clue at R3C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×4 block from R3C3 to R4C6.