LinkedIn Patches #124 Answer
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R3C2 (6 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R3C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C6–R3C8 (9 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C3–R4C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R1C5–R3C5 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C4–R4C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C2–R7C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 9: R4C8–R8C8 (5 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C3–R6C6 (8 cells)
- Patch 11: R7C3–R7C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 12: R7C1–R8C1 (2 cells)
- Patch 13: R8C2–R8C6 (5 cells)
- Patch 14: R5C7–R8C7 (4 cells)
How to play LinkedIn Patches
Patches is a grid-dividing puzzle. The grid must be split into rectangular patches so that every square belongs to exactly one patch and every patch contains exactly one clue.
A number on a clue tells you how many squares that patch covers. The clue's shape tells you what kind of rectangle it must be: a square, a wide rectangle, a tall rectangle, or any rectangle when no shape is shown.
Begin with clues that have a large number or a strict shape near the edge of the grid; they usually fit in only one or two positions. Each patch you lock in removes options for its neighbors.