Patches · No. 189 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #189 Answer (Sep 22, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R2C1–R3C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C4–R4C6 (9 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C1–R5C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R5C4–R5C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R6C1–R6C6 (6 cells)
About Patches #189
- Patches #189 splits a 6×6 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 4 wide, 2 free-form.
- It has 6 patches, fewer than the average of 10.1 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 6 squares fits inside the grid around the wide 6 clue at R1C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 1×6 block from R1C1 to R1C6.
- With the patch for the wide 6 clue at R1C2 fixed, the free-form 9 clue at R3C4 has only one rectangle left, the 3×3 block from R2C4 to R4C6.