Patches · No. 182 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #182 Answer (Sep 15, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #182 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C2–R1C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R1C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C1–R3C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C2–R4C6 (15 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C2–R5C6 (5 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C2–R6C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 8: R6C4–R6C6 (3 cells)
About Patches #182
- Patches #182 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 8 free-form.
- 3 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 8.6 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 free-form rectangle of 15 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 15 clue at R2C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×5 block from R2C2 to R4C6.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R5C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×5 block from R5C2 to R5C6.