Patches · No. 192 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Patches #192 Answer (Sep 25, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #192 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R7C2 (14 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R3C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C5–R3C7 (9 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C3–R6C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C5–R6C7 (9 cells)
- Patch 6: R7C3–R7C7 (5 cells)
About Patches #192
- Patches #192 splits a 7×7 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 tall, 4 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- LinkedIn rates it Hard.
- It has 6 patches, fewer 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.
- Squares R2C1, R3C1, and R7C1 can only be reached by the free-form 14 clue at R1C1, so they belong to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes them is the 7×2 block from R1C1 to R7C2.
- With the patch for the free-form 14 clue at R1C1 fixed, squares R1C3 and R2C3 can only be reached by the tall clue with no number at R3C3, so they belong to that patch.