Patches · No. 195 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Patches #195 Answer (Sep 28, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #195 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C2–R2C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R2C3 (2 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C4–R2C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R3C1–R6C3 (12 cells)
- Patch 6: R3C4–R6C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 7: R3C5–R6C5 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
About Patches #195
- Patches #195 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 tall, 6 free-form.
- 6 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 8.4 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 12 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 12 clue at R5C3 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 4×3 block from R3C1 to R6C3.
- With the patch for the free-form 12 clue at R5C3 fixed, the tall clue with no number at R2C1 has only one rectangle left, the 2×1 block from R1C1 to R2C1.