Patches · No. 183 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #183 Answer (Sep 16, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C4 (8 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R2C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C7–R4C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C1–R5C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C3–R6C6 (16 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C7–R6C7 (2 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C1–R7C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R7C3–R7C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 9: R7C6–R7C7 (2 cells)
About Patches #183
- Patches #183 splits a 7×7 grid into 9 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 2 wide, 1 tall, 5 free-form.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 9 patches, more 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 wide rectangle of 8 squares fits inside the grid around the wide 8 clue at R1C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×4 block from R1C1 to R2C4.
- Only one tall rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the tall 4 clue at R1C7 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×1 block from R1C7 to R4C7.
- Only one square rectangle of 4 squares fits inside the grid around the square 4 clue at R7C1 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×2 block from R6C1 to R7C2.