Patches · No. 196 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #196 Answer (Sep 29, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #196 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C5 (10 cells)
- Patch 2: R3C1–R5C5 (15 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C6–R5C7 (10 cells)
- Patch 4: R6C1–R7C7 (14 cells)
About Patches #196
- Patches #196 splits a 7×7 grid into 4 patches.
- Clue shapes: 2 wide, 2 free-form.
- It has 4 patches, fewer than the average of 8.7 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 14 squares fits inside the grid around the wide 14 clue at R7C4 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 2×7 block from R6C1 to R7C7.