Tango · No. 653 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Tango #653 Answer (Jul 22, 2026)
Hint: Two identical symbols side by side force the opposite symbol on both ends.
Show Tango #653 answer as text
- Row 1: ☀☾☾☀☾☀
- Row 2: ☾☀☀☾☾☀
- Row 3: ☀☾☀☾☀☾
- Row 4: ☾☀☾☀☀☾
- Row 5: ☾☾☀☀☾☀
- Row 6: ☀☀☾☾☀☾
About Tango #653
- Tango #653 starts with 4 of 36 squares filled: 3 suns and 1 moon.
- It has 3 equals signs and 5 cross signs between neighboring squares.
- It has 4 pre-filled squares, fewer than the average of 8.0 across the previous 3 puzzles.
- This opening fills 4 squares by pure deduction from the 4 pre-filled symbols and the signs between squares, with no guessing.
- The equals sign between R5C3 and R5C4 means they share a symbol, and with a moon on R5C5 right beside them in row 5, a pair of moons would make three in a row, so R5C3 and R5C4 must both be suns.
- The cross sign between R5C3 and R5C2 says the two squares must be opposites, and R5C3 was already shown to be a sun, so R5C2 has to be a moon.
- The cross sign between R5C2 and R4C2 says the two squares must be opposites, and R5C2 was already shown to be a moon, so R4C2 has to be a sun.