Patches · No. 188 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #188 Answer (Sep 21, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #188 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R2C1–R6C2 (10 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C3–R6C3 (5 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C4–R5C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R2C5–R5C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 6: R6C4–R6C6 (3 cells)
About Patches #188
- Patches #188 splits a 6×6 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 wide, 2 tall, 3 free-form.
- 3 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 6 patches, fewer than the average of 10.4 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 free-form rectangle of 6 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 6 clue at R1C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×6 block from R1C1 to R1C6.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R2C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R2C3 to R6C3.