Tango · No. 656 · Saturday edition
LinkedIn Tango #656 Answer (Jul 25, 2026)
Hint: Two identical symbols side by side force the opposite symbol on both ends.
Show Tango #656 answer as text
- Row 1: ☾☾☀☾☀☀
- Row 2: ☀☾☾☀☾☀
- Row 3: ☾☀☀☾☀☾
- Row 4: ☀☾☀☾☾☀
- Row 5: ☀☀☾☀☾☾
- Row 6: ☾☀☾☀☀☾
About Tango #656
- Tango #656 starts with 9 of 36 squares filled: 5 suns and 4 moons.
- It has 1 equals sign and 5 cross signs between neighboring squares.
- It has 9 pre-filled squares, more than the average of 7.0 across the previous 6 puzzles.
- This opening fills 5 squares by pure deduction from the 9 pre-filled symbols and the signs between squares, with no guessing.
- Row 1 already holds 3 suns, which is its full quota of half the 6 squares, so its remaining empty squares R1C1 and R1C2 must all be moons.
- Column 6 already holds 3 suns, which is its full quota of half the 6 squares, so its remaining empty squares R5C6 and R6C6 must all be moons.
- In row 6, the cross signs on R6C1–R6C2 and R6C3–R6C4 each guarantee one sun and one moon, so together with the 1 moon already placed the line reaches its quota of 3 moons, and the last free square, R6C5, must be a sun.