Patches · No. 191 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #191 Answer (Sep 24, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #191 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C2–R3C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R5C6 (10 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C1–R3C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C4–R7C4 (7 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C7–R5C7 (5 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C1–R7C3 (12 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C5–R7C7 (6 cells)
About Patches #191
- Patches #191 splits a 7×7 grid into 7 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 wide, 1 tall, 5 free-form.
- It has 7 patches, fewer than the average of 10.3 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.
- Squares R1C1 and R2C1 can only be reached by the free-form 3 clue at R3C1, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 3×1 block from R1C1 to R3C1.
- Square R1C2 can only be reached by the tall 6 clue at R1C3, so it belongs to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes it is the 3×2 block from R1C2 to R3C3.