Patches · No. 184 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #184 Answer (Sep 17, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #184 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C3–R2C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R2C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C3–R3C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C5–R4C5 (2 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 6: R1C1–R4C1 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R1C2–R4C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C3–R4C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 9: R5C1–R6C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C4–R6C5 (4 cells)
About Patches #184
- Patches #184 splits a 6×6 grid into 10 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 square, 3 wide, 3 tall, 2 free-form.
- 10 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 10 patches, more than the average of 8.7 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 fits inside the grid around the tall clue with no number at R1C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R1C3 to R2C3.
- With the patch for the tall clue with no number at R1C3 fixed, squares R1C1 and R2C1 can only be reached by the free-form clue with no number at R4C1, so they belong to that patch.
- With the patch for the tall clue with no number at R1C3 fixed, squares R1C2 and R2C2 can only be reached by the tall clue with no number at R4C2, so they belong to that patch.