Patches · No. 190 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #190 Answer (Sep 23, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R2C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C4–R2C7 (8 cells)
- Patch 4: R3C1–R7C2 (10 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C3–R4C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C4–R4C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 7: R5C3–R5C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 8: R3C5–R5C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 9: R3C6–R5C7 (6 cells)
- Patch 10: R6C3–R7C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 11: R6C5–R7C5 (2 cells)
- Patch 12: R6C6–R7C7 (4 cells)
About Patches #190
- Patches #190 splits a 7×7 grid into 12 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 wide, 10 free-form.
- 6 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 12 patches, more than the average of 9.9 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 2 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 2 clue at R2C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R1C3 to R2C3.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 2 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 2 clue at R3C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×1 block from R3C3 to R4C3.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 3 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 3 clue at R5C5 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×1 block from R3C5 to R5C5.